Exclusive breastfeeding as a protective factor against skin allergies in premature infants during the first year of life

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https://doi.org/10.61651/rped.2024v76n1p3a1-3a7

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Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding, Dermatitis, Atopic, Dermatitis, Contact, Infant, Premature

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether exclusive breastfeeding is a protective factor for skin allergies in premature infants during the first year of life. Materials and methods: Observational, analytical, retrospective case­control study, a sample of 212 patients; 106 premature patients with skin allergies (diagnosed and recorded in the clinical history by a pediatrician) and 106 premature patients without skin allergies, and their association with exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) during the first year of life at the Hospital II Luis Albrecht de Trujillo. The data obtained were typed in a data collection sheet of the medical records during a period of 11 years (2012 ­ 2022); the information obtained was tabulated and processed using the computerized program IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0 statistical program. Results: Of the total preterm patients with skin allergies, 26.4% received EBF; while those without skin allergies, 84% had received EBF. Preterm infants who received EBF had a 93% lower chance of having skin allergies compared to preterm infants who did not receive EBF [p<0.001; OR (95% CI): 0.07 (0.03 ­ 0.13)]. Additionally, the variable type of vaginal delivery turned out to be statistically significant [p<0.05; OR (95% CI): 0.492 (0.261 ­ 0.929), being considered a protective factor. Conclusions: Exclusive breastfeeding is a protective factor for skin allergies in infants born preterm during their first year of life, so this article reinforces the importance of insisting on EBF.

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Bulmer Franco Llerena Leiva

Médico Cirujano.

Ángel Pedro Ruiz Méndez, Hospital II Luis Albrecht de Trujillo. La Libertad, Perú

Médico Pediatra, Hospital II Luis Albrecht de Trujillo. La Libertad, Perú.

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2024-04-30

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Llerena Leiva BF, Ruiz Méndez Ángel P. Exclusive breastfeeding as a protective factor against skin allergies in premature infants during the first year of life. Rev Peru Pediatr [Internet]. 2024 Apr. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];76(1):3a1-7. Available from: https://pediatria.pe/index.php/pedperu/article/view/513

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Vol. 76 Num. 1 (2024)

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