What should I do if my baby is allergic to milk?

According to relevant statistics, the current breastfeeding rate in my country is less than 80 percent, which means that many babies drink milk or milk powder. Milk does not fit the baby's physique as perfectly as breast milk, so babies often become allergic after drinking milk. So, what should we do if our baby is allergic to milk? Come and take a look.

1: Why do babies have milk allergies?

Infant milk allergy is actually an allergy to the protein in milk, that is, it is caused by the baby's immune system overreacting to milk protein. Cow's milk allergy is the most common food allergy in a baby's first year of life! About 2.5% of babies are allergic to cow's milk.

How to treat baby's milk allergy

If your baby is allergic to milk, you should adopt a dietary elimination therapy, that is, strictly avoid eating foods containing milk ingredients in the next 3-6 months. Not only can you not drink regular formula milk, you can also not eat foods containing milk, such as cream cakes, bread, salad dressing, bovine colostrum, milk candy, and milk-containing biscuits, until the results of the "exclusion-provocation test" turn negative. Therefore, when choosing food for your baby in the supermarket, you must carefully read the ingredients of the food.

3. How to prevent baby's milk allergy

Choosing deeply hydrolyzed protein formula milk can effectively prevent baby milk allergy. If the baby is allergic to milk and the mother does not have enough milk or has no milk, the preferred substitute is protein-processed extensively hydrolyzed formula milk. Deeply hydrolyzed protein formula milk uses a special process to cut the large-molecule milk protein in milk that causes allergies into small fragments that can be directly absorbed and utilized by the human body without inducing abnormal immune responses. Therefore, it can be used to treat babies with milk allergies.

Well, after reading the above introduction, I believe you already know what to do if your baby is allergic to milk. For babies, allergies are a very common thing, so don’t worry too much. It is best not to change the brand of milk, because the ingredients of each brand are not exactly the same.