The Impact of Early-Life, Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Particulate Matter on Atopic Dermatitis Remission and Sensitization in Infants
Sukyung Kim, Inbo Oh, Jaeyoung Choi, Jihyun Kim, Jiwon Kim, Jin-Hee Bang, Young-Min Kim, Kangmo Ahn · 2025
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Sukyung Kim and co-authors follow infants with eczema to test whether dirty air keeps the disease alive in a 2025 paper. Atopic dermatitis often fades by toddlerhood, but not always. The team enrolled 150 Seoul infants with the condition and modeled each child's long-term exposure to PM10 particles at home, then tracked remission and new allergies to age three.
About a third of the children remitted. Overall air exposure showed no clear link to persistence. But inside the subgroup whose eczema began at moderate strength, more particle exposure clearly raised the odds of staying ill. Exposure also raised the risk of becoming sensitized to pollen, again most strongly in that subgroup, while dust mite and pet sensitization showed no link. The authors urge cleaner air around infants with moderate disease.
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| CREATOR | Sukyung Kim, Inbo Oh, Jaeyoung Choi, Jihyun Kim, Jiwon Kim, Jin-Hee Bang, Young-Min Kim, Kangmo Ahn |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |