Children or babies should be administered drugs sometimes a delicate matter, since specific medicine for the little ones, there are hardly any. In severe disease, however, parents have no other choice. A further concern, however, they can adopt: Antibiotics cause to our latest findings of a Danish study, no diabetes.
Taking certain medications in early childhood can be proven to influence the development of the immune system. Antibiotics are considered a potential risk for the development of the flora in the gastrointestinal tract. The gastrointestinal tract has its major influence on the immune system of humans. A type-1 diabetes is triggered, for example by a malfunction of the immune system. Since the question naturally arises: Can cause the administration of antibiotics in young children diabetes?
Danish study says “No”
A team of Danish researchers went to this issue and analyzed the data of more than 606,000 children who were born between 1995 and 2003. In the study many factors were involved. Among them were playing age, sex, place of residence, social situation of the family, maternal age at birth and maturity of the child at birth, a significant role. The antibiotics were arranged in groups, quantity and age of children at time of intake were also considered. Of the 606,000 received the vast majority, around 538,000 children, at least once an antibiotic. On average, each child was about 5 prescriptions of these drugs in his young life. The use of antibiotics in very young children also took place only in cases of absolute needs. These were serious bacterial infections in the renal pelvis, bone marrow, meninges, lungs, or general inflammation in the blood. Boys were the first and second year of life more often than same age girls antibiotics.
Diabetes disease among study children
Of the 606,000 young volunteers, only 454 children suffering from type 1 diabetes. On average, the disease was already at the age of 4.4 years. These children had received antibiotics, but no other than the healthy children. Also, the type and amount of the application or the age at intake was not different from the average. Conclude from the Danish researchers discovered that the antibiotic use in infancy and the development of type-1 diabetes are not related in any way. The study was limited, however, to a period of 9 years and can therefore no conclusions on the possible role of antibiotics in long-term damage in children.
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