Skip to main content
PEN - The Global Resource for Nutrition Practice

Allergic Disease - Probiotics

Recommendations and Evidence

Content
INTERVENTION
  1. Effect on Eczema
  2. Effect on Asthma
  3. Effect on Allergic Rhinitis
MONITORING/EVALUATION
  1. Safety and Cautions


1. Effect on Eczema

Recommendation
Currently available probiotic strains (mostly Lactobacillus species but some Bifidobacteria species) probably do not have much effect on parent- or patient-rated eczema symptoms or quality of life. They may have a small, but clinically uncertain, benefit on investigator-rated eczema severity score after supplementation, and

Continue Reading

Login or signup to access PEN content.