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Probiotica tijdens zwangerschap tegen eczeem bij baby*
Steeds meer studies laten zien dat eczeem wel eens het gevolg kan zijn van problemen in de darmen en dat “vriendelijke” bacteriën hiertegen kunnen helpen. Uit deze Noorse studie blijkt dat baby’s van zwangere vrouwen die vanaf 36 weken tot 3 maanden na de geboorte voeding met extra probiotica genomen hebben wel 40% minder kans hebben op het krijgen van eczeem. De onderzoekers volgden ruim vierhonderd vrouwen die een melkdrankje kregen dat was aangevuld met probiotica of een placebo. De vrouwen mochten alleen meedoen als zij borstvoeding gingen geven. De onderzoekers volgden de moeders en hun kinderen tot de leeftijd van twee jaar. Het bleek dat als de moeders probiotica innamen hun kinderen tot wel 40% minder vaak eczeem kregen dan de kinderen van de moeders uit de placebogroep. Kinderen uit de probioticagroep die wel eczeem kregen, hadden een mildere vorm dan de kindjes uit de placebogroep. De onderzoekers concluderen dat de probiotica het verschil veroorzaakt en kennelijk iets toevoegt aan de moedermelk. 
Moms can reduce risk of eczema in their babies by taking probiotics
About 20 percent of babies and toddlers have the condition known as eczema which causes red, swollen and intensely itchy skin. It usually develops on the forehead, cheeks, and scalp, but it can spread to the arms, legs, chest and other parts of the body. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 65 percent of eczema cases develop in the first year of life and 90 percent develop symptoms before the age of five.
While many babies with eczema get better before they are two, others have cases of eczema that persist into adulthood. Evidence has accumulated over the past decade that this common skin problem is connected to something going on in the gut -- and that probiotics, beneficial microorganisms similar to the "friendly" bacteria found naturally in the body's digestive system, can help.
For example, a review of 21 studies, published last year in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, concluded probiotics were most useful in preventing atopic dermatitis, the most common type of eczema, from developing in the first place. And a groundbreaking new study, just published in the British Journal of Dermatology, found that when moms drank a probiotic supplement during their pregnancy and after their babies were born, the rate of eczema in their offspring was slashed by about half. 
This research, conducted by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is especially convincing because it was a randomized, double-blind study comparing mothers who drank one glass of probiotic milk daily to women who drank milk containing a placebo. The research subjects drank the probiotic or placebo-laced milk beginning at week 36 in their pregnancy and continued consuming the drinks for three months after giving birth. The results were dramatic: the women who received the probiotic drink reduced the incidence of eczema by 40 percent in their offspring.
"The taste of both products was similar, and the milk was delivered in unmarked milk cartons. This means that neither the participants in the study nor the researchers knew who had received probiotic milk or placebo milk," NTNU scientist Torbjorn Oien said in a statement to the press. "We can therefore say with great certainty that it was the probiotic bacteria alone that caused the difference in the incidence of eczema between the two groups." (November 2010)