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Children play in the dirt useful

American experts argue that playing in the mud have a positive effect on the baby’s skin.

too clear skin, according to scientists, less able to regenerate. They found that bacteria living in the epithelium, helping to prevent inflammation in injuries, reports the BBC BBC.

These bacteria reduce the hyperactive immune response to cuts and scratches, from for which the skin swells.

Experts argue that this discovery explains the so-called “hygiene hypothesis”, according to which children, whose skin is exposed to bacteria, less prone to allergic diseases in future.

Researchers at the University of California at San Diego found that inflammation can block staphylococci.

Studying human and mouse cells, scientists have found that this type of bacteria creates a molecule lipoteichoic acid, which acts on keratinocytes – the main epithelial cells.

Lipoteichoic acid controls the behavior of keratinocytes and prevents excessive immune response .

Many people believe that the increase in the number of allergy patients in developed countries due to frequent hygiene procedures.

In Britain the number of people suffering from allergies for the last 10 years has tripled. According to the Organization’s assistance to the patients allergic UK, every third inhabitant of the country suffer from some form of allergy.