Prevention of eczema.

In a prospective study of the development of reaginic allergy, infants of allergic parents were either subjected to an allergen-avoidance regimen from birth for six months or managed conventionally. The group on the allergen-avoidance regimen had less eczema at six months and one year than did the control group at six months. They also had a lower mean serum-total-IgE level at six weeks.