What to do if your child is allergic to milk

Milk is a common drink and is very popular among everyone. However, some children will experience various discomfort symptoms after drinking milk. This is a symptom of a milk allergy. Milk allergy can occur in babies of all ages, especially infants, because they usually eat milk. If your baby has this symptom, your family will be very worried and don’t know what to do. Here are some tips:

To determine whether a child is allergic to milk or other foods, parents can make a preliminary judgment using the following simple methods. Choose test food based on the child's feeding history before allergy. Start by feeding the child a small amount of the selected food without giving the child anti-allergic drugs. Double the amount of food fed every 30-60 minutes and 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. This way you can identify possible allergic foods.

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-cow's milk protein, such as soy milk powder, allergic milk powder, elemental milk powder, etc. These are also called diarrhea milk powder and 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.

Symptoms of milk allergy in babies generally manifest as intestinal abnormalities, such as abdominal pain, vomiting, refusal to drink milk, blood in stool, etc. It may also cause constipation in your baby. The skin may also develop urticaria, eczema, etc., and the breathing may become more rapid, with wheezing symptoms, frequent coughing, etc. At this time, you must seek medical attention immediately.