ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ALLERGIES IN STUDENTS BORN BY C SECTION IN THE HEALTH CAMPUS OF FACULDADE LEÃO SAMPAIO

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592562222093

• Palavras-chave: Microbiology; Normal microbiota; Cesarean; Normal birth; Allergy.

• Keywords: Microbiology; Normal microbiota; Cesarean; Normal birth; Allergy.

• Abstract:

  About 1 trillion microorganisms inhabit our organism, exhibiting several fundamental functions in health, a set called normal microbiota. The first microorganisms received come from the mother when passing through the vaginal canal at childbirth. Knowledge about this microbiota is important to understand infectious diseases and their maintenance is subject to physical, chemical, immunological changes, among other factors. It is inferred that the biggest challenges facing a possible epidemic of food allergy today are related to the type of delivery, lack of breastfeeding and exposure to antigens. Objective: To relate the occurrence of cases of allergies in people born in cesarean deliveries and to report the knowledge of students in the health area about this relationship. Materials and methods: The work represents a quantitative field research through questionnaires applied at the Centro Universitário Doutor Leão Sampaio, Campus Saúde, with a sample of 288 students from the courses of Biomedicine, Dentistry, Physical Education and Nursing, random semesters, in the morning and evening shifts, on October 25 and 26, 2017. Results and Discussion: Data obtained show a prevalence of “No” answers when asked about knowing the relationship between type of delivery and allergies. If seen by the type of delivery, the study is relevant, because in the occurrence of allergies since childhood, 40.22% of cesareans and 28.68% of normal births fit. On the other hand, a key factor for the constitution of an individual's normal microbiota, which is the interaction with the environment, was not disregarded in the study. 123 people reported having had contact with the environment in childhood, out of a total of 133, and the rest said no. Conclusion: It is concluded that the problem of the normal microbiota of the interviewees is more related to problems developed before the moment of direct interaction with the environment, possibly during childbirth and the first years of life.