Study finds strong link between changes to infant gut bacteria with method of childbirth ANI | Updated: Apr 21, 2021 22:41 IST
Ottawa [Canada], April 21 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others.
The findings were published in the journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. It s important to know what predicts or increases the risk of food sensitivities because they predict which infants will go on to develop asthma and other types of allergies, said Anita Kozyrskyj, paediatrics professor in the University of Alberta s Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and adjunct professor in the School of Public Health.
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Pregnant health-care workers face a dilemma between getting the COVID-19 vaccine or continuing to risk exposure to the virus and more severe possible outcomes. (Shutterstock/Bernardo Emanuell)
As a public health nurse, Stephanie Pizzey knows better than most how COVID-19 vaccines work and how they were developed, and encourages people to take them when offered.
But Pizzey, who is 26 weeks pregnant, isn t getting immunized yet on the advice of her doctor. Initially, I was quite comfortable with getting it because I work a lot with vaccines, said Pizzey. With this one it s a little tricky because it hasn t been researched thoroughly in pregnancy or breastfeeding women.