Research carried out by the universities suggests that a breakdown of the skin barrier and inflammation in the skin that occurs in eczema could trigger food sensitivity in young children.
Scientists examined over 600 three-month-old babies from the Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) study, who were exclusively breastfed from birth.
They tested the babies for eczema and screened for gene mutations associated with the skin condition. The scientists also carried out skin prick tests to see whether the children were sensitive to the six most common allergenic foods: egg white, cow’s milk, peanuts, cod, wheat and sesame.
Egg white was the most common allergen for the babies, followed by cow’s milk and peanuts.
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