Increases in concentrations of grass pollen were associated with increases in risk for food skin prick test reactivity and eczema flares in children, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
Exposure to grass pollen also may have a bigger impact among children who already have a peanut allergy, according to Nur Sabrina Idrose, MSc, PhD student and research assistant, allergy and lung health unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, and colleagues.
“We hypothesized that high pollen exposure may result in an inflammatory response that may lower the