Results from a new meta-analysis shows supplementation with both Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus during pregnancy may reduce the risk of infant Eczema. Starting the Probiotic supplementation after infant birth did not show the same effect.
This meta-analysis which was published in Nutrients looked at 9 individual studies and studied the occurrence of Eczema in almost 2100 infants. Out of the 9 studies, 2 studies looked at Probiotic supplementation in infants, while the other 7 studies looked at Probiotic supplementation in pregnant women during their pregnancy or a few months after they gave birth.
Results of these studies showed that the infants of pregnant women who supplemented both Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus had a lower risk of developing Eczema. Out of the almost 1100 infants born into the group of women supplementing the Probitoics, only 239 developed Eczema. Out of the almost 1100 infants born into the group of women supplementing the Placebo, 359 developed Eczema. Family history didn’t seem to have any effect on the Probiotic benefits.
Researchers believe that pregnancy is a critical period in the development of intestinal microbes in infants and that accounts for why supplementation of the Probiotics during pregnancy was so important in the prevention of infant Eczema.
Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two key bacteria present in lower number in infants who develop Eczema. For children with Eczema, the number of infection causing bacteria and germs (Escherichia coli and Staphlococcus aureus) are present in higher amounts while the amounts of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus in the intestines are present in lower amounts. This is different in children without Eczema where their intestinal flora in dominated by Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus.
More studies are planned.
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