Babies Born Via C-Section Five Times More Likely To Suffer Allergies

'Dr Johnson’s team studied 1,258 newborn babies and assessed them when they were one month, six months, one and two-years-old.

By two years of age, babies born by C-section were much more likely to have developed allergies to triggers in the home such as the droppings of house dust mites, and dander, or dead skin, shed by dogs and cats.

Umbilical cord and stool samples from each baby were analysed, together with blood samples from both parents, breast milk and household dust.'

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