Breast feeding and atopic eczema.

Generally mild and transient, atopic eczema may be one of the most agonising of all diseases. Its incidence appears to be rising alarmingly in Britain: 12 3`, of a group of 12 555 children born in a single week in 1970 were reported by their parents to have had atopic eczema by the age of 5 years,' more than twice the proportion reported in a similar study 12 years previously.