Children who suffer from Eczema may go on to develop Allergic Asthma once they reach adulthood

A new study reveals that children who suffer from eczema may go on to develop Adult Allergic Asthma once they reach their forties.  

Children who suffer from childhood eczema, especially when it occurs with hay fever, are nine times more likely to develop allergic asthma once they reach their forties.

The study was carried out by University of Melbourne at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and has been following 1400 adults from when they were seven-years-old. The participants were assessed in 1968, at seven years of age where their allergies were studied along with their childhood environment. This study was then followed up in 2004, when all the participants were 44 years old.

Lead author Pamela Martin, a University of Melbourne PHD student, analysed the survey and skin prick data tests collected throughout the clinical study to see whether the occurrence of childhood eczema and hay fever lead to adult asthma.

She said:

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