AAP News Vol. 15 No. 8 August 1999, p. 2
© 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kemp, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Pet exposure lowers allergy risk

Carla Kemp

Children exposed to pets during the first year of life had a lower frequency of allergic rhinitis and asthma when they reached school age compared to children who had no pets, according to a Swedish study.

Researchers asked 402 parents of 7- to 8-year-olds whether they or their child ever had asthma/wheezy bronchitis, allergic rhinitis/conjunctivitis, eczema or urticaria/allergic congestion; whether a cat or dog lived inside the home; if anyone in the family had been horseback riding; and how many respiratory tract infections the child had during the first year of life. The children also were given skin prick tests for birch, timothy grass, dog, cat, horse, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae.