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I have recently read with interest the latest findings in research into children’s immune levels after spending time in childcare. As we all know, this is a hotly debated topic and one that does tend to raise quite strong opinions in people.
Professor Allan Cripps (a researcher and pro-vice chancellor at the Gold Coast Campus of Griffith University) has presented brand new (as yet unpublished) findings with the first solid data showing that children who have attended childcare have higher immune levels than children who don’t. This has shown that true to common belief, children do build up immune resistance to germs after being exposed to them.
Professor Cripps took saliva from children aged between 3 ˝ and 5 years of age to test immune response levels. The findings showed that children who attended childcare and were subsequently exposed to the germs and dirt had much stronger protection than those children without any exposure. The children who did not attend childcare were also more likely to suffer allergies and be hospitalised with respiratory illness. In another finding, he also found children who breathed second-hand cigarette smoke were more vulnerable to germs affecting air-ways due to the effect of the smoke on the immune response.
Dr Cripps is quoted as saying “Being exposed to the environment and antigens is normal. It would appear that going to school is not a risk factor. It’s good to have some stimulation on the mucosal immune system through the environment such as school and running around the back yard”.
Also interestingly noted was that a child’s mucosal immune system developed over the first 5 years of life, with the three important phases of developing the immune system being (a) Birth (b) The intake of first foods, and (c) When children begin socialising.
Further research is now being planned into exploring the theory that children kept at home are more likely to have poor health in the future.
On a personal level, I find this research fascinating as it supports what happened to our children when they started attending childcare. My oldest son started when he was 18 months old (and my youngest son 6 months old – he started childcare a year later when he too reached 18 months of age). Up until then neither of them had really ever been sick. However, once one of the boys was at childcare I think he bought home just about every germ and bug there was to catch. We had hand foot and mouth disease, countless rotavirus infections (vomiting gastro’s), colds and flu’s, ringworm, and the list goes on. The first 2 winters of the boys being in childcare were horrific with a constant parade of sicknesses.
I am now happy to say to you that the past winter for us has been fantastic, I know all those germs have been around but the boys hardly ever got sick, they had definitely built their immune levels up massively over the past couple of years due to being exposed to all those antigens.
Overall I find this research absolutely fascinating, and something that all of us as parents are keen to read about and make our own judgements from. I look forward to hearing more about immunity and children from Professor Cripps.
http://www.yourcheekymonkey.com.au
Professor Allan Cripps (a researcher and pro-vice chancellor at the Gold Coast Campus of Griffith University) has presented brand new (as yet unpublished) findings with the first solid data showing that children who have attended childcare have higher immune levels than children who don’t. This has shown that true to common belief, children do build up immune resistance to germs after being exposed to them.
Professor Cripps took saliva from children aged between 3 ˝ and 5 years of age to test immune response levels. The findings showed that children who attended childcare and were subsequently exposed to the germs and dirt had much stronger protection than those children without any exposure. The children who did not attend childcare were also more likely to suffer allergies and be hospitalised with respiratory illness. In another finding, he also found children who breathed second-hand cigarette smoke were more vulnerable to germs affecting air-ways due to the effect of the smoke on the immune response.
Dr Cripps is quoted as saying “Being exposed to the environment and antigens is normal. It would appear that going to school is not a risk factor. It’s good to have some stimulation on the mucosal immune system through the environment such as school and running around the back yard”.
Also interestingly noted was that a child’s mucosal immune system developed over the first 5 years of life, with the three important phases of developing the immune system being (a) Birth (b) The intake of first foods, and (c) When children begin socialising.
Further research is now being planned into exploring the theory that children kept at home are more likely to have poor health in the future.
On a personal level, I find this research fascinating as it supports what happened to our children when they started attending childcare. My oldest son started when he was 18 months old (and my youngest son 6 months old – he started childcare a year later when he too reached 18 months of age). Up until then neither of them had really ever been sick. However, once one of the boys was at childcare I think he bought home just about every germ and bug there was to catch. We had hand foot and mouth disease, countless rotavirus infections (vomiting gastro’s), colds and flu’s, ringworm, and the list goes on. The first 2 winters of the boys being in childcare were horrific with a constant parade of sicknesses.
I am now happy to say to you that the past winter for us has been fantastic, I know all those germs have been around but the boys hardly ever got sick, they had definitely built their immune levels up massively over the past couple of years due to being exposed to all those antigens.
Overall I find this research absolutely fascinating, and something that all of us as parents are keen to read about and make our own judgements from. I look forward to hearing more about immunity and children from Professor Cripps.
http://www.yourcheekymonkey.com.au