Indoor Pets can now help Reduce Food Allergies: Study

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In a bid to continue the previous study done by the European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, another study was recently conducted

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This study aimed at understanding the complex relation between indoor pets and how they prove vital in reducing food related allergies

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This was carried out by a number of Japanese scientists who were headed by Hisao Okabe, a well-known pediatrician at Fukushima Medical University

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Initially it was carried out on babies and toddlers, which was later expanded to pregnant women

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More than 66,215 children were exposed to the study with many others belonging to fetal stage

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To better understand the result, a number of pet species were included, like dogs, cats, hamsters, birds, etc

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Finally it was concluded that continuous exposure to indoor dogs and cats as pets was much more fruitful in reducing food allergies than others until the age of three

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While this indeed is a great news amongst pet parents, further studies are required to be sure of the findings

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However no matter what this is sure an interesting turn of events indicating the importance of a bio diverse environment for a child's immune system

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