Topic - Can you keep your kid too clean?
Can you keep your kid too clean? Consider this. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer, is caused by a two-step process. The first step is a genetic mutation that occurs before birth that makes a child vulnerable to this form of leukemia. The second step is a “too clean” first year of life that doesn’t allow them to be exposed to certain kinds of infections. Interacting with other children helps to keep this kind of disease at bay. Decades of research prove that these two factors explain why otherwise healthy children develop this condition, usually between birth and age 4. Serious symptoms flare up in a matter of days or weeks. The main treatment is chemotherapy. Breastfeed your infant. Consider, at least, part-time attendance at daycare so your child’s immune system will have more opportunities to practice reacting to infections.
