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Pet cats may trigger eczema in children
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Now a gene mutation that predisposes youngsters to the skin condition seems to pose a greater risk if they are also exposed to cats.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn14196-pet-cats-may-trigger-eczema-in-children-.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>In 2006, a mutation in the gene for the protein filaggrin – which helps keep foreign substances out of the skin – was shown to increase the risk of eczema. About 9% of people of European origin carry this mutation.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn14196-pet-cats-may-trigger-eczema-in-children-.html?feedId=online-news_rss20"><P>To find out whether an environmental trigger might also play a role, a team led by Hans Bisgaard of the Gentofte University Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, who was also involved in the 2006 work, tracked 358 Danish and 460 British children from birth.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn14196-pet-cats-may-trigger-eczema-in-children-.html?feedId=online-news_rss20">About 25% of children without the mutation developed eczema, compared with 45% of those with the mutation. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/138688EB-86D6-4A0B-A21A-01E4231AE9F7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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