Can children eat broad beans?

Because there is a clinical disease called favism, many parents are very skeptical about broad beans, believing that favism is actually caused by children eating broad beans. This is obviously a misunderstanding. Experts have long since scientifically verified that favism is not caused by children eating broad beans. So, can children eat broad beans? How should they eat them to be healthy?

1. Can babies eat broad beans?

Generally speaking, older babies can eat broad beans, but they should not be eaten raw, and those who are allergic to broad beans should not eat them. It must be cooked soft and preferably mashed into a paste.

Children who suffer from "favism" (fava beans contain allergens. A very small number of people with allergies lack 6-phosphate glucose dehydrogenase in their bodies, and will experience varying degrees of allergies, acute hemolysis and other poisoning symptoms after eating broad beans, commonly known as "favism") should never eat broad beans.

2. 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.