At what age can babies eat broad beans?

When the baby is very young, you need to be careful when eating any food. After all, the baby's body and stomach are still relatively fragile, so it is easy to cause adverse symptoms. Take the common food broad beans for example. If you blindly feed your baby too much, it may cause some diseases, such as favism, which is a type of anemia in babies. So, how old can babies eat broad beans?

How old can babies eat broad beans?

Don't eat broad beans if you are under 8 years old

Now is the season when broad beans are on the market. The Children's Hospital has admitted 11 children with "favism" in recent days, and the common cause was that they ate broad beans. According to doctors, favism is more common in children around 8 years old.

About 200 million people worldwide suffer from favism. The incidence in my country is higher in the south and lower in the north, mainly distributed in Hainan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces south of the Yangtze River.

If a child develops yellow skin, darker urine, and poor spirits after eating broad beans, these are signs of "favism" and the child should be taken to the hospital for treatment immediately.

If there is a history of favism in the family, the child should not only avoid eating broad beans, but also avoid contact with broad bean pollen, camphor balls, gentian violet (gentian violet), and sulfonamide drugs. Because these things contain oxidants.

If your baby has the following symptoms after eating broad beans, you must pay attention

Gastrointestinal symptoms

Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, liver enlargement, abnormal liver function, and about 50% of patients also have splenomegaly;

Urinary symptoms

Urine is soy sauce-colored, tea-colored, or blood-colored. In severe cases, acute renal failure may occur.

Skin symptoms

Pale or sallow complexion, accompanied by jaundice;

Systemic symptoms

Chills, fever, and in severe cases, unconsciousness or even shock;

Experts remind: Children under 5 years old must be cautious when eating broad beans for the first time. If children develop symptoms such as low fever, abdominal pain, yellow skin, darker urine, etc. after eating broad beans, they must be sent to a regular hospital for medical treatment immediately.