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SayGoodbye toAllergies
SayGoodbye toAllergies
Thatsounds likelactose intolerance tome. Stopgiving himmilk andsee whathappens. Ifitkeeps up goback tothedoctor.
Itvery well couldbe. My2 year oldisallergic tomilk. Hehada negative affect toformula too. Wehadtoswitch tosoy formula. Hewouldbeup allnight withgas pains andhestartedhaving blood inhisstool. Try switching himtosoy milk fora whileandsee ifitclears up. Ifnotitmightbesomething else.
Doeshespit up alot? Usually milk allergy inbaby makesthemhavegas andburps. Thatdiarreah sounds likec diff orrotovirus butifcultures werenegative,maybe another infection. I’d gethimtothedoctor asap andalsomakesure youaregiving lots offluids orhemaygetdehydrated. Take himoffcows milk andgive himnutramigin fora few days.
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youshoulddef speak toyourdr buthere issom info inmilk allergys
Milk allergies areover-diagnosed bythegeneral population andunder-diagnosed bydoctors. Thereal incidence ofmilk allergies lies somewhere between thefolklore andtheskeptical view ofmany physicians. Around five percent ofchildren andadults seem tobeeitherallergic tomilk orintolerant ofit. One carefully controlled study showedthat75 percent ofinfants under one year ofage wereallergic tocow’s milk. Cow’s milk allergy ismore likelytodevelop inchildren whohavea family history ofmilk allergy. Thegoodnews isthatoftheapproximately two percent ofchildren whoaretruly allergic tomilk,many willoutgrow thisallergy bythetime theyaretwo orthree-years-old.
Theprotein incow’s milk iswhatprovokes theallergies. Becausemilk isa species-specific protein,cow’s milk issuited tobovine intestines. Exposure ofhuman intestines tobovine protein maycause irritation anddamagetotheintestinal lining,allowing theseallergenic proteins tobeabsorbed intothecirculatory system. Theimmune system recognizes theseproteins asforeign andattacks them,causing theusual allergy symptoms ofwheezing,runny nose,ora red,rough,sandpaper-likerash,especially onthecheeks. Milk allergies areoftentheunderlying cause ofrepeated colds andear infections,due tofluid building up intherespiratory passages,sinuses,andeustachian tubes oftheears. Milk allergy hasbeenimplicated insubtle behavioral changes,such asirritability andnightwaking. Research haseven shown thattheallergic proteins inmilk (beta lactalglobulin) canpass through a breastfeeding mother’s milk intoherbaby andcause somebabies toreact withcolicky symptoms. Thecolic- cow’s milk connection shouldbesuspected asa possible cause offussy behavior inanotherwise,normal breastfed baby. Theallergic reaction between themilk protein andtheintestinal lining cancause minute gastrointestinal bleeding (sometimes soslight thatitismissed) andbea subtle cause ofanemia ininfants andyoung children.
Chronic milk allergy canalsoweaken theintestinal lining,allowing foreign substances intothebloodstream thatwouldordinarily bescreened out,a condition known astheleaky gut syndrome.
Sincetruemilk allergy involves theprotein inthemilk,thefatcontent ofthemilk shouldnotaffect allergy symptoms. People whoareallergic tomilk maybeabletotolerate cheese oryogurt,ormilk inbaked goods. Whenmilk isheated,theproteins become less allergenic.
Themain sign ofmilk allergy isusually blood inthestool.
yea sound likehisallergic
I remember whenweswitched ourson tomilk at12 months thathehada bit ofanadjustment period wherehisstool wasa bit runny,yellow andvery very smelly. Infact,switching tomilk caused more ofa foul smelling stool thananyotherfood he’d eaten. SowhileI’m notdiscounting thatyourson mayhavesomeintolerance ofmilk,itcouldjustbehimadjusting tosomething newinhisdiet.
Those areallthesame symptoms mydaughter hadandshewasallergic tocow’s milk. Switch himtosoy milk andsee ifthatclears up theproblem. Talk tothedoctor first though andsee whathethinks aboutit.