I am not at all surprised that allergies and antibiotic use are
associated, but is this cause and effect, and if so, which came
first?? In my experience, allergies and intolerances stress the
immune system, and especially in a baby and young child, often result
in repeated ear infections and possibly other 'common' childhood
infections. So you would expect an allergic child to have these sorts
of problems as a baby and therefore be more likely to have been given
antibiotics.

I am not sure if I am correct in assuming the conclusions from this
study were that antibiotics resulted in increased risk of allergies
and asthma, but if that is what they are saying, then I don't think
this is valid.

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