Milk allergy in infants

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Baby's gastrointestinal system is relatively immature, prone to a variety of food allergies. Milk allergy is the most common type of food allergy in infants. About 2.5% of infants will have milk allergy soon after birth. Milk allergy phenomenon has different degrees of performance, symptoms are heavy or light. Milk allergy will seriously affect the nutritional intake of infants, if not treated in time, the life and health of infants will be threatened. The main symptom of infant milk allergy is skin rash. Here we introduce the symptoms of milk allergy in infants.

Milk allergy in infants

The cause of infant milk allergy. Babies are allergic to milk, but in fact they are allergic to casein and whey protein in milk. As mentioned above, the main symptom of infant milk allergy is skin rash. In addition, the baby will also have diarrhea, bloody stool and other symptoms. The reason why infants are allergic to milk is caused by their own allergic constitution. To check whether the baby is allergic to milk, skin test, blood test, exclusion provocation test and other tests should be carried out.

Treatment of infant milk allergy. After the allergen test, it is confirmed that the baby is indeed allergic to milk, and dietary exclusion therapy should be adopted. Infants should not be given any food containing milk ingredients, not only milk powder, but also bread, milk candy, cream and other foods containing milk protein until the results of "exclusion provocation test" are negative. It is best to take breast-feeding, to pay attention to feeding mothers can not drink milk. When the baby's allergy symptoms are relieved, the mother can not eat dairy products, can take calcium to supplement calcium.

Infant milk allergy refers to the infant's allergy to milk protein, which is caused by the infant's immune system overreacting to milk protein. Infant allergy is the most common food allergy phenomenon in the first year after birth. It often occurs in infants within 2 months to 2 years old. Clinically, the main manifestation of milk allergy is skin rash. Breastfed infants have a lower risk of developing allergies.

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Infant milk allergy is a common phenomenon, which will affect the normal growth of infants. To prevent milk allergy, try to breastfeed. Breast milk contains bifidobacteria and other probiotics, which is beneficial to the baby's intestinal system, can also improve the baby's immunity and reduce the risk of allergy. Once the baby milk allergy, must be timely to the hospital treatment, can not delay.