Childhood Asthma Linked To Lack Of Ancient Gut Bacteria

 15.07.2008 14:11   medicalnewstoday.com

Researchers in the US have found that childhood asthma is significantly less likely in children infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a bacterium that has inhabited the stomach and small intestine of humans for thousands of years. They found that children between the ages of 3 and 13 were nearly 59 per cent less likely to have asthma if they carried the bug.

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