WHAT CAUSES FOOD ALLERGIES? BABY WIPES

(April, 2018) Scientists now think they know what’s causing food allergies in kids. Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine say it’s a combination of genetics, dust, food and baby wipes. According to a new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, kids who have food allergies usually have three gene mutations that diminish their skin’s job as a barrier – but not all the kids with the gene mutations developed food allergies. The researchers also found that the soap commonly used in baby wipes makes the skin’s barrier even weaker, eroding an important barrier against allergens. The combination of gene mutations and soapy skin leaves the gate open for allergens to make their way in, either via dust or foods like peanuts. Even if the kid isn’t exposed to something like peanut butter, if someone holding the baby recently ate a peanut butter sandwich, that could be a potential exposure to an allergy. Their solution? Wash your hands before handling a baby, and limit the use of infant wipes that leave soap on the skin. Rinse soap off with water like we used to do during the millennia before there were baby wipes.
* This must be why they call them “Pampers Sensitive Baby Wipes”.
* So, all you moms out there using baby wipes – it’s your fault I can’t have peanuts on an airplane anymore.
* Oh, and all those infant gene mutations? They’re caused by baby formula.
* How come babies never get cool mutations, like the X-Men?