Hay Fever Patients can Benefit from Probiotics

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New research from Griffith University, Australia, published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, shows a multispecies-probiotic formulation to improve the quality of life of hay fever patients.

 

The researchers investigated whether the probiotic formulation Ecologic® AllergyCare (Winclove Probiotics B.V., The Netherlands), could benefit hay fever patients.

 

In previous research the probiotic has shown to reduce eczema in children, another disease in the spectrum of atopic disorders. 

The researchers gave 40 hay fever patients the probiotic twice daily for a period of eight weeks. The patients were asked to report hay fever symptoms, medication use, and rated their quality of life.

 

At the end of the study, 63% of the participants taking the probiotic reported a significantly improved quality of life. Importantly, patients experienced less severe hay fever symptoms and used fewer medications.

 

Nic West, lead author of the research from Griffith University; “What is very promising is that we saw great consistency among study outcomes. Key rhinitis measurements along with symptom severity and medication load, all decreased during the study. The positive study outcomes might be explained by the multistrain nature of the probiotic. We know that in allergies there is a reduction in microbial diversity. By exposing people to a multistrain formulation, with a broad number of probiotic bacteria, we may have a stronger effect on the immune system.”

 

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