Saturday 10 September 2022 10:10 PM HEALTH NOTES: Sticky tape eczema test for newborns trends now
Saturday 10 September 2022 10:10 PM HEALTH NOTES: Sticky tape eczema test for newborns trends now
HEALTH NOTES: Sticky tape eczema test for newborns gives medics an early warning about the painful skin disease
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Scientists have developed a simple test using sticky tape that can predict whether newborns will go on to develop childhood eczema.
Italian researchers used the tape to collect skin cells from babies’ hands at two months, and then again two years later.
They found that newborns with higher levels of the compound thymus and activation-regulated chemokine were more than twice as likely to have then developed eczema.
Scientists have developed a simple test using sticky tape that can predict whether newborns will go on to develop childhood eczema
Eczema affects up to one in five children, causing cracked and itchy skin
