How to diagnose a baby with cow s milk protein allergy

The baby has eczema, diarrhea, abdominal pain and ...... after drinking milkEven if these symptoms appear, mothers do not dare to easily judge that the baby is a cow's milk allergy, so how can they make an accurate judgment?

If you suspect that your baby is allergic to cow's milk, you can take your baby to the hospital and ask a doctor to do a special test for baby milk allergy. Before the examination, you will need to carefully describe your baby's medical history and physical development to the doctor so that the doctor can make a decision. The main methods to detect cow's milk allergy in infants are:

**Tests, blood tests, exclusion-challenge tests.

**Trial. This is a quick and simple test in which a small amount of the most common allergens in daily life is introduced into the baby's forearm by pricking, scratching or injecting them into the baby's forearm, and then observing what changes in the baby. If the baby** is red and swollen, the result of the allergen test is positive, indicating that the baby is allergic to this substance.

Blood tests.

First of all, the various proteins in cow's milk are xenoproteins. Because the baby's digestive system is not fully developed, the digestive tract barrier function is immature, and the intestinal mucosa is permeable, some milk proteins entering the intestine have not been completely digested and enter the bloodstream. Second, the infant's immune system is not fully developed, the acquired immune system of the small intestine has a limited ability to process antigens, and exposure to too many antigens or inappropriate antigens destroys the self-stability of the intestinal mucosa.

Thirdly, the normal intestinal flora of infants has not yet been established, and the function of helping to digest food is poor, which also accelerates the formation of an immune inflammatory response in the gastrointestinal mucosa.

Then some parents have to ask, how to judge that their children have this situation? The main symptoms of cow's milk protein allergy are vomiting, reflux, diarrhea, blood in the stool, colic, eczema, urticaria, etc. More serious allergies will also cause a rash all over the baby's body, causing itching and discomfort, and even pus.

If you find that your child has one or both of these two symptoms, you should consider whether you have a milk allergy, and it is best to go to the hospital for allergen testing and take timely measures to alleviate the child's allergies, because the harm of milk allergy is still very great.

This hazard can cause the baby's nutritional intake to be insufficient and slow development. It will also cause the baby to form an allergic constitution, causing asthma or allergic rhinitis.

If the infant is allergic to cow's milk, the choice of milk powder should be to choose a deeply hydrolyzed formula with processed protein as an alternative. Deep hydrolyzed protein formula uses a special process to cut the large molecule milk protein in milk that causes allergies into small pieces, which can be directly absorbed and utilized by the human body without inducing abnormal immune reactions, so it can be used for milk allergic babies.

Cow's milk protein allergy is the earliest and most frequent food allergy, cow's milk protein allergy has three main symptoms: first, digestive symptoms, children may frequently have unexplained vomiting, bloating, constipation, and even blood in the stool; The second is the first symptom, the child will have acute urticaria, or chronic eczema; The third is respiratory symptoms, children frequently have cold-like symptoms such as coughing and sneezing for unknown reasons, and in severe cases, there will be asthma;

When the child has these symptoms, resulting in no weight gain or loss, poor mental state, crying and so on, it is necessary to consider whether he is allergic to cow's milk protein.

Allergic children manifest themselves in the respiratory tract with frequent inexplicable sneezing and coughing. Allergic children are manifested in the digestive system, and the child is often constipated, diarrhea, and indigestion.

<> before the newborn drinks milk, you can apply the prepared milk powder on the back of the baby's hand and around the mouth, if there is a rash, it indicates that there is a high possibility of milk allergy. This method is suitable for the best judgment before drinking milk powder, or the simple judgment after eating for a period of time and suspected allergy symptoms, but there are many interference factors and there is a possibility of false positives. Mainly dairy products and foods rich in milk protein, such as milk, eggs, nuts and seafood, which may induce milk protein allergy after eating these in babies.

Many babies are allergic to milk, the first manifestation is under the mouth, similar to eczema, itching, rash, urticaria, edema, dryness, etc., and the degree of exudative or severe atopic dermatitis will occur. In terms of food choice, it is necessary to abstain from all foods containing milk, such as yogurt, cheese, bread, cakes, milk calcium, etc. In the choice of high-iron rice, you can consider organic rice noodles that do not contain milk, such as Germany's Xibao (allergy-free rice noodles).

The most appropriate time for babies to add complementary food is 4 to 6 months at this stage, but as our mother, the baby is allergic to protein, and at this time, it should be noted that when choosing complementary food for the baby, it is necessary not to choose whey protein in the ingredient list. Many babies prefer to eat fruits, such as apples are a very good choice. Mothers can use a spoon to scrape into a puree to feed the baby, or a variety of fruits into a fruit puree to feed the baby is also good.

When it is necessary to pay attention, if the baby has eczema or other allergies before preparing to add complementary food, it is recommended to delay the addition first, otherwise it is difficult to judge whether it is an allergy caused by complementary food or the original situation, and it should be added in the case that the baby has no allergies, so as to better judge the baby's reaction to complementary food.

You can take your child to the hospital for an allergy test so that you can be more aware of the allergen.

If the baby is allergic to cow's milk protein, then there will be a rash all over the body after drinking milk, or diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc., and should be sent to the hospital in time.

The best way to identify is if you have abdominal pain, colic, stomach cramps or vomiting after drinking milk, as well as some rashes or loss of appetite, which may be protein allergies.

It is that you can give the child a moderate amount of drink to see what the child has to react, if the child is allergic, it will definitely have a reaction at that time, so this is a good way to identify.

From the symptoms and signs of cow's milk protein allergy, the main symptoms are concentrated in three systems: ** system, digestive system and respiratory system, in addition to other symptoms that manifest themselves throughout the body.

Observe whether the child has allergic symptoms after eating milk powder, mainly due to stomach discomfort, uncomfortable, resulting in vomiting, which may be manifested as diarrhea, rash, eczema or allergic rash, weight is not long, not absorbed, do not eat when awake, only in a semi-sleepy state will eat.

Cow's milk protein allergy means lactose intolerance. If you are lactose intolerant, you will have nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension and sour stool, and the number of diarrhea will be very high, and the stool will be loose like egg drop soup.

Infant cow's milk allergy is actually an allergy to the proteins in milk, that is, the baby's immune system overreacts to cow's milk proteins. The effects of cow's milk protein allergy are mainly in the stomach, intestines and respiratory trachea. Generally, babies will have rashes, rubella or eczema on their bodies or bodies.

Cow's milk protein allergy usually occurs within a few minutes to a few days of exposure to milk. There are abdominal cramps, vomiting, diarrhea and other phenomena. If the infant is diagnosed with a cow's milk protein allergy, immediately stop the milk powder that previously caused the allergy.

Stay away from allergens and avoid cow's milk protein products as much as possible. Limit allergens such as milk, eggs, fish, peanuts and tree nuts.