Is it true if you breast feed your baby it would not suffer eczema?
Monday, August 16th, 2010 at
12:33 pm
My mom told me she did not breast feed me a lot when I was a baby. I was allergic to milk and I sometimes vomit when I was a baby. I had to drink soy milk for substitution.
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I know someone who breastfed her son until he was three and the month they stopped he developed severe eczema.
So whatever that means anyway, lol, just wanted to share my only knowledge on the matter.
no- they get it no matter what- if they get it at all
Eczema is a skin condition which is based on generic predisposition. Breast feeding is great for a baby, especially in regards to viral protection without having to fight the virus to get the protection. Breast feeding has so many benefits, but I don’t believe that eczema is one of them, but it couldn’t hurt! My nephew, a breat fed baby, has eczema. I have heard theories that cow’s milk influences children towards diabetes when given at a young age. Be thankful that you got soy milk!
No! Breastfeeding reduces the severity of eczema, it does not cure it.
Indeed, it’s less likely that your child will develop eczema if your child is breastfed. That doesn’t mean that no breastfeeding babies get eczema, but that it’s less likely. It’s more likely if a child is formula fed that they will get eczema.
My first child never got a patch until way after he weaned. Even now, it’s a spot about the size of a dime that occasionally flares up.
We are talking about childhood eczema. Adult eczema is different.
From the link below:
"Exclusive breast-feeding for >or=4 months reduced the risk for eczema at the age of 4 years (odds ratio [OR], 0.78; 95% CI, 0.63–0.96) irrespective of combination with asthma, sensitization to common allergens, or parental allergic disease. This decreased risk was most evident for children with onset of eczema during the first 2 years persisting to 4 years (OR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.45–0.77). Among children with early-onset eczema, irrespective of persistency, followed by late onset of asthma or early-onset asthma irrespective of persistency, followed by late-onset eczema to 4 years, a protective effect of breast-feeding was also seen (OR, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.30–0.76). CONCLUSION: Breast-feeding 4 months or more reduces the risk for eczema and onset of the allergy march to age 4."
No, my sister in-law suffers terribly from eczema and my mother in-law breast feed all her kids for at least 12 months.
I have severe seasonal eczema, and my mother breast Fed me. When I was switched to formula, they found out I was allergic to soy, then I had to switch to the one brand that was a monopoly and hella expensive because it did not contain soy.
Eczema is another way for your body to cope with allergies. The other way is Asthma. Even though many people do not have symptoms of Asthma nor Eczema and still have allergies, they still have dormant Asthma or Eczema that may never occur..
breastfeeding will make your baby less likely to have eczema, but is not a guarantee or a cure.
eczema is often related to a food sensitivity.
Breastfeeding reduces the chances of your baby getting eczema. I breastfed both my children but my eldest had eczema (while I was still breastfeeding him). He’s now 3 and has been weaned for almost 2 years. His eczema is much better but he still breaks out in a rash from time to time.
No if it is hereditary your child can still get it.
Actually in general breastfeeding reduces the risk of your child getting eczema, but it doesn’t eliminate the risk completely.
Eczema is part of the atopic range of conditions including asthma and allergies. Breastfeeding helps your baby’s immune system to start out right in the beginning, by providing antibodies to protect your baby from infections, until your baby’s own immune system is mature enough to make its own. Of course you are also avoiding feeding your baby all the foreign proteins contained in formula (which can be derived from cows’ milk, soya, fish and egg) which helps to avoid the atopic range of conditions in the future.