Baby food allergy, how to do?

Food allergy is a complex allergic disease. Usually, most allergic reactions are immediate (immediate) and late-onset. Most food allergies belong to immediate reactions, which generally occur within a few minutes to an hour after eating. In severe cases, anaphylactic shock may occur within one minute; Delayed type anaphylaxis takes several hours or one day, or even 2-3 weeks.

Common manifestations of food allergy

*Digestive system: nausea, abdominal distension, severe abdominal pain, diarrhea, bad breath, hiccups, flatulence.

*Skin system: eczema, urticaria, dry skin, dark circles.

*Nervous system: irritability, restlessness, inattention.

*Respiratory system: suffocation, chest tightness, irritating cough, dyspnea, clear water and runny nose.

*Audio visual system: blurred vision, eyelid edema, conjunctival congestion, tears, hearing failure, unclear speech.

*Reproductive system: external genital edema and pruritus.

2 Tips for dealing with allergic baby at home

1. Do an allergen test

If you suspect that your baby may have food allergies, parents should take your child to a qualified hospital for allergen testing. This test only needs to draw 1 ml of blood, and then use enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection. The results can be obtained after about 3 hours.

Generally, there are 14 items to be checked, mainly for beef, chicken, eel, corn, crab, egg, mushroom, milk, wheat, nuts, soybeans, shellfish and other foods. The result is positive, indicating whether you are allergic to a certain food and the degree of allergy to this food. According to the test results, the doctor divided the baby's food into three levels, namely fasting, alternating consumption and safe consumption, and worked out a scientific diet for the baby.

2. Formulate food restriction plan

We must do it in strict accordance with the requirements of the doctor. We must not give up halfway because we are worried that the baby will eat less food, which will affect his health. In particular, if you have to fast something, you should resolutely avoid other foods containing this allergic ingredient. For example, baby is allergic to milk, so all foods containing milk, such as ice cream, cream, cake and biscuits, cannot be eaten. Under normal circumstances, after a week to several months of adjustment, allergic symptoms will slowly disappear.

In the food restriction plan, for the growing baby, the doctor will consider replacing the forbidden food with other foods to ensure the baby's body's protein intake. If the baby doesn't drink milk, he can drink Soybean milk instead, and the body can also get enough nutrition.