After the 1-year-old baby licked the milk drops with large and small grains of rice, he immediately had itching skin, red pimples, swollen face and mouth, and then fell unconscious. Such a major milk allergy feedback during survival shocked the parents of children. Medical experts have revealed that major milk allergies can endanger children's lives and should not be underestimated.
"Milk allergy is the most rare allergic disease in children, especially infants. It can occur in infants with various feeding methods, including pure breastfeeding, formula feeding and mixed feeding." Li Hong, deputy chief physician of the disorder feedback Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said that the allergy status of most milk allergy patients gradually improved with age. About 50% of children with milk allergy developed tolerance at the age of 5 to 6, but those with major milk allergy were not easy to develop tolerance, and a few people had major milk allergy and even continued to the adult stage.
Li Hong introduced that children's milk allergy symptoms are diverse, such as sudden or late-onset skin itching, redness, swelling, exudation and plaque of skin and mucous membrane. In severe cases, they can show anxiety and crying, intense vomiting, colorless face, fatigue and lethargy, diarrhea, watery or bloody stool, mucus stool, pharyngeal itching, cough, pharyngeal edema, wheezing The meat ear can smell wheezing, dyspnea, coma, decreased blood pressure, shock, etc.
Li Hong said that milk allergy is repeatable. In most cases, the symptoms can be completely relieved after 2 to 4 weeks of severe avoidance of milk food, and allergy feedback will appear again after eating milk. Because of the helpless premonition of the generation of major milk allergy feedback, patients with milk allergy should go to the specialist clinic as soon as possible and intervene in real time; Those with major allergies should take emergency medicine with them, present allergy feedback and seek medical treatment in real time.
"The specific observation and recorded medical history provided by patients often include costly diagnosis and treatment clues." Li Hong said that once milk allergy is diagnosed, patients should follow the doctor's advice and carry out reasonable diet avoidance or replacement according to the major level of the disease. At the same time, they should ensure the nutrients that meet the children's normal growth and development needs, review and follow-up on schedule, treat the symptoms, judge the generation of tolerance as soon as possible, and restore the normal diet in real time.
Experts revealed that the secondary factor in the formation of milk allergy is the egg white matter in milk, including casein egg white β- Milk ball egg white α- Whey egg white, bovine serum egg white and lactoferrin egg white. Patients with milk allergy should strictly prevent eating these milk egg white. In addition, milk containing foods are common, such as some hot pot bottoms, chewing gum, and even some skin care products, cosmetics and drugs also contain milk. Therefore, child caregivers and educators should know as much about milk allergy as possible, so as to better take care of the healthy growth of milk allergic children.
