What causes baby milk powder allergy? Identification and treatment of milk powder allergy

When many babies drink milk powder, due to different physiques and different absorption levels, the effect of drinking milk powder is also different. Some babies are allergic to milk powder, so what is the reason for babies to be allergic to milk powder? How to identify and treat milk powder allergy?

How to judge whether the baby is allergic to milk powder? Mothers need to carefully observe a series of symptoms after the baby drinks milk powder, and then match them one by one. After confirming that it is an allergy, choose scientific measures to deal with it. So what are the ways to deal with this situation in time?

What causes baby milk powder allergy

Allergy refers to the situation where the body's immune system mistakenly identifies harmless substances as foreign, reacts to them adversely, and manifests various allergic symptoms. Newborn babies have immature immune systems, so they are more likely to develop allergies in the first few years after birth.

The reason why babies suffer from allergies is often related to their own allergic constitution, and some may be related to family genetic characteristics.

What to do if your baby is allergic to milk powder

Is it useful to change baby milk powder? Many mothers have raised this question online. The following are ways to avoid baby milk powder allergies:

1. Adhere to breastfeeding. The best way to prevent allergies is to breastfeed, and it is best to continue until one year old or even older. Breast milk usually does not cause allergies.

2. Stay away from allergens. Limit the intake of foods with allergens such as milk, eggs, fish, peanuts and nuts. For high-risk infants, solid food should be started after six months, cheese products after one year old, eggs after two years old, and peanuts, walnuts and fish after three years old.

3. Change milk powder. If the baby is allergic to ordinary formula milk powder, the baby should be replaced with anti-allergic milk powder in time. If the baby is confirmed to be allergic to milk protein, "anti-allergic formula" or "soy protein formula" can be used to improve the condition. Babies with a high risk of allergies and a strong family history of allergies can reduce the incidence of allergies by exclusively breastfeeding or "anti-allergic formula"; using "partially hydrolyzed formula" may also have a similar effect.

Identification and treatment of milk powder allergy

The main symptom is gastrointestinal discomfort

For example: abdominal pain, bloating, refusal to drink milk, vomiting, diarrhea, blood in stool, etc. A small number of milk allergies can also cause constipation in infants and children. When the protein in milk is absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, it is transported to various organs throughout the body through the blood flow, and will also produce allergic reactions in different organs, resulting in some other symptoms, such as:

1. Skin

Children may have atopic dermatitis or eczema (commonly known as "milk ringworm"), edema around the lips/eyelids, urticaria, etc.

2. Breathing

There may be wheezing, frequent coughing, frequent runny nose, rhinitis, etc.

3. Others

Irritability, frequent crying, slow growth and development, iron deficiency anemia, conjunctivitis, etc.

To determine whether the child is allergic to milk or other foods, parents can make a preliminary judgment through the following simple method. Select the test food according to the feeding history of the child before the allergy. Without giving the child anti-allergic drugs, try feeding the child the selected food in small amounts, and double the amount of food every 30-60 minutes to observe the child's reaction, especially the reaction in the first 2 hours, because the first 2 hours is the peak time for allergic reactions. In this way, possible allergic foods can be determined.

Once your baby is determined to be allergic to milk, the best way to deal with it is:

1. Limit your diet and try to avoid milk protein products or foods with added milk formula.

2. Choose deep hydrolyzed protein formula milk or free amino acid formula milk instead of ordinary milk powder. This is the best dietary treatment for infant food allergies recommended by international pediatric experts.

3. Sometimes you can try some milk powder made from non-milk protein, such as soy milk powder, allergy-reducing milk powder, elemental milk powder, etc. These are also called diarrhea milk powder, which can be tried by babies who are allergic to milk or have long-term diarrhea. The main difference is that they use plant protein or decomposed protein to replace the protein in milk; glucose to replace lactose; short-chain and medium-chain fatty acids to replace the long-chain fatty acids in general milk powder.

4. Children who show allergic symptoms should be treated with appropriate pediatric antihistamines.

5. If the condition is serious or the above treatment is still ineffective, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time.

Mothers should not miss any small details in their baby's life. If the child cannot accept the healthiest breastfeeding and is allergic to milk protein, they can change their diet according to the above suggestions. In addition, if mothers want to choose high-quality milk powder for their babies, they also need to consider the possibility of allergies to the various ingredients and additives contained in it. From now on, choose the most suitable food for your baby, be alert to milk powder allergies, and let your baby grow up healthily.