'Caesarean babies have lower immunity levels
CAESAREAN BABIES have lower levels of immunity compared to babies born normally, said Dr Allan Walker, Prof of Nutrition and Paediatrics, Harvard Medical School. Dr Walker was here to attend the first India Probiotics Symposium organised by the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR). In an interview to the Hindustan Times, he said: "Not having passed through the vaginal tract like normal babies during birth, Caesarean babies have fewer friendly bacteria (pro biotics) in their bodies. This leads to an immature immune system, higher susceptibility to allergy, infection and diseases like Type I diabetes." "In the womb, the baby is free of bacteria, most of the good bacteria the baby needs for its immunity it gets is during the process of normal delivery from the vaginal tract and mother's colon," Dr Walker said. In experiments on mice in which some were taken out of the womb by cutting it open, hundred per cent of the mice got diabetes - an auto-immune disease. To read the complete article click here...
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Article taken from the issue: 3 Dec, 2007
Labels: born normally, CAESAREAN BABIES, Dr Allan Walker, Harvard Medical School, ICMR, immunity, Paediatrics
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