The ‘allergic march’ shows how allergies can progress in children
Eczema in young babies could be a sign that a child will develop more allergies.New research, published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics, confirms a phenomenon known as the "allergic march," a pattern that describes the way allergies tend to develop and progress in children, from infancy to age 3.The study, which analyzed medical record data collected between 1999 and 2020 from more than 200,000 children, found that children tended to be first diagnosed with eczema, also called atopic dermatitis, at 4 months, on average. Then came diagnoses of food allergies causing symptoms. ranging from hives to anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic…
