BACKGROUND Prenatal stress affects immunocompetence in offspring, although the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. OBJECTIVE We sought to examine associations between maternal lifetime interpersonal trauma (IPT) and cord blood total IgE levels in a sample of urban newborns (n = 478). METHODS Maternal IPT during childhood and adolescence (birth to 17 years), adulthood (18 years to...

Background: purpose of this study was to determine prevalence maternal and social risk factors low birth weight. The is weight.Methods: cross-sectional comparative carried out by reviewing medical records newborn delivered for one year in 250 newborn. Birth weight categorized into two as (birth <2500 grams), considered cases, normal ≥2500 controls or the reference weight.Results: In our moth...

Research suggests that some fathers and birth partners can experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after witnessing a traumatic birth. Birth-related PTSD may impact on many aspects of fathers’ partners’ life, including relationship breakdown, self-blame reducing plans for future children. Despite the potential lives there is currently no measure birth-related validated use with partner...

Epidermolysis Bullosa Puriginosa is a genetic mechanobullous disease characterized by pruritus, lichenified or nodular prurigo-like lesions, occasional trauma-induced blistering, excoriations, milia, nail dystrophy and albopapuloid lesions that appear at birth or later. Scarring and prurigo are most prominent on the shins. Herein, we report a case with a history of blisters since childhood foll...