Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/jwYD2vhtFZU A dog at home to welcome a newborn will reduce that baby’s chances of developing skin allergies or wheezing by about half.  These are the findings of a University of Wisconsin’s pediatric department. Researchers there followed 275 at-risk children born to parents with an allergy history over a 3 year period.  Those exposed to dogs just after birth were 56% less likely to develop atopic dermatitis and 48% less likely to develop wheezing. The reasons for this phenomenon remain under study.  Meanwhile, if there is a family history of allergy, this result gives you one more reason to invite a dog into your family. https://www.pediatrics.wisc.edu/featured-stories/allergies #Dogs #allergy #wheezing #atopicdermatitis