Children with more contact with animals are less vulnerable to allergies

Pets seem to really prevent allergies: the more cats or dogs you live in as babies, the less likely you are to develop asthma, eczema, or other diseases.

Numerous studies have found that wealthy pets in their early years protect their child from allergies in later childhood.

According to experiments by 1029 children between 7 and 8 years, the allergies rate had been 49% among children who had spent the first 12 months of their lives in homes where there were no pets.

This scale had dropped to 43% of children who as babies had lived with a pet.

But the percentage had dropped to 24% for children who had lived with three domestic animals.

Two of the children involved had lived with five domestic animals, and none had an allergic reaction.

Other studies have highlighted this findings, which have shown that exposure to pets implies more protection.

It's worth noting that allergies have been growing since the mid-20th century, but we still don't know exactly what causes them.