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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute.
Can we be too clean? According to what's called the hygiene1 hypothesis, yes. Without being challenged as kids, our immune systems don't flourish. Scientists think it could be part of the rise of allergies2 and asthma3.
Now a new study supports the hygiene hypothesis: infants in Uganda had a lower chance of developing the skin allergy4 condition eczema if their moms had helminth worm infections while pregnant. The research is in the journal Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
A 2005 study showed that kids of women treated for worm infections had more eczema. Twenty-five hundred pregnant women took part in this follow-up research. Some got one worm-killing drug. Others took a different drug. And a third group received a placebo5. One drug nearly doubled the kids' risk of eczema. The other more than doubled the odds6.
Helminth worm infections can give the mothers symptoms such as mild anemia7 or stomach pain and vomiting8. Although many people have no symptoms at all. The scientists say more research is needed before they would recommend not treating worm infections. But the work lends additional support to the idea that hygiene may be a balancing act rather than a goal.
Thanks for the minute. For Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber.
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n.健康法,卫生学 (a.hygienic) | |
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2 allergies | |
n.[医]过敏症;[口]厌恶,反感;(对食物、花粉、虫咬等的)过敏症( allergy的名词复数 );变态反应,变应性 | |
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3 asthma | |
n.气喘病,哮喘病 | |
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4 allergy | |
n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症 | |
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5 placebo | |
n.安慰剂;宽慰话 | |
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6 odds | |
n.让步,机率,可能性,比率;胜败优劣之别 | |
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7 anemia | |
n.贫血,贫血症 | |
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8 vomiting | |
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