How does infant food allergy do?

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The incidence rate of food allergy in infants is significantly higher than that in adults. About 1% - 3% of babies under 6 years old are allergic to food. When a baby is allergic to a certain food, his body will treat the food as an intruder and produce an antibody called immunoglobulin E (IGE). How does infant food allergy do? Let's talk about it

How does infant food allergy do?

Within a few minutes to 2 hours after eating food that causes allergies, the baby may develop urticaria or swelling, chronic eczema, or respiratory problems. Sometimes the symptoms will be reflected in the digestive tract, the baby may vomit or diarrhea. Some allergies are late-onset allergic reactions, which take several hours or one day, or even 2-3 weeks to develop symptoms. If the baby has the above symptoms after eating some food, the mother must take the baby to the hospital in time.

Find out the real culprit of allergy: the following food is the most likely cause of baby allergy, mothers can be careful to give baby food. Fruits: the most common is pineapple. Because pineapple contains a kind of bromelain, it can make individual baby allergic after eating pineapple, so as to produce allergic reaction of digestive tract. There is mango, children eat mango after the mouth will be red, allergic rash.

Select the most suspicious allergens from the most common foods your baby eats, such as dairy products, peanut butter, corn, soybeans, etc. Then start to look for work, dairy products are the most common allergens, so if you do not find other suspicious food, you can start from dairy products, but it is not easy to eliminate dairy products, because many delicious food are dairy products, such as milk, yogurt, ice cream, etc., the protein in milk is the most common allergen. Don't let your baby eat these suspicious foods for two consecutive weeks, and record your observations. If you don't see any changes, start testing a suspect allergen until you think the suspect food has been tested.

matters needing attention

1. Babies less than 6 months old insist on breast-feeding. After adding complementary food, they insist on breast-feeding for children aged 2 or above, which is good for their growth and healthy growth; 2. After 6 months, for the sake of children's healthy growth, continue breastfeeding and start to add other food; 3. Food that is thick enough to stay in the spoon can provide more energy for children;