Washington, D.C.-In a new shift in theory, the bacteria that exist in a person with ulcers may provide a level of protection against Asthma.<br />  

New Research Indicates Possible Protection For Asthma Sufferers

Washington, D.C.-In a new shift in theory, the bacteria that exist in a person with ulcers may provide a level of protection against Asthma.

Children that are infected with the Helicobacter pylori are demonstrating that they are much less likely to be afflicted with Asthma than children and patients that do not have the ulcer bacteria in their systems.

“The absence of H. Pylori may be one of the reasons that some children develop Asthma,” said Dr. Yu Chen.

Dr. Yu Chen is the assistant professor of the New York University School of Medicine, who was one of the authors of the study.

“Children 3 to age 9 years that carried H. Pylori were nearly 25 percent less likely to have asthma than children that did not have the h. pylori bacteria,” said Dr. Yu Chen.

U.S. Researchers looking at the issue are not totally sure why this is the case, but the new research gives credence to the idea that people with the ulcer bacteria are less likely to develop or suffer from Asthma.

More than 7,000 children from the United States were studied, and the results were based on surveys from the National Health and Nutrition surveys conducted between 1999 – 2000 in the U.S.A.