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Can a child develop an allergy to latex very early on?
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Yes: Latex allergy can develop anytime provide the right clinical exposures and symptoms develop.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Spina bifida: Infants and children with spina bifida (improper closure of vertebra around the spinal cord) is a risk factor for children to develop latex allergy. Infants with this should avoid latex since birth.
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