What to do if allergic to infant formula

The kid, as an adult, you need food. Perfectly suitable for newborns breast milk (6 months and nothing else not necessary). But, unfortunately, this is not always possible for several reasons. So the alternative are the various infant formulas.

What is the Allergy and its causes

Very often, babies up to a year to see the Allergy (the body's reaction to some substance). Lately, this phenomenon is very frequent due to many factors (bad ecology, food consumed by the woman during pregnancy, heredity, etc.). An Allergy household (contact - washing powder, diapers, care, etc.) and food (for food products).

With the appearance of baby rash on skin you need to start by ruling out all the options. And just making sure that it is really food, have to decide with him. If the child is breastfed or mixed (maternal milk and formula), it is necessary to make sure that the nursing mother does not eat products from something forbidden (chocolate, citrus, honey, etc.).

Allergy baby fed only with mixture - remains an option only in the Church, or rather a component part of its composition. Because a modern mix of trying to adapt to breast milk, providing complete nutrition with all necessary vitamins and minerals, it is possible that the reaction may be any of these substances. Is difficult to determine, but is most common in cow's milk protein that is included in most infant formulas.

What to do if you are allergic to baby formula

Usually allergic to the mixture is shown as follows: constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, intestinal colic, dermatitis. In some cases, may be more severe shortness of breath (the need to call an ambulance).

Sometimes the pediatrician's advice, just change the proportions in the mixture (reduce the amount of dry substance, bred in water) or just change it with another. Sometimes helps to use food with probiotics or fermented milk that help with digestion, to often allergies caused by dysbiosis.

If precipitation is strong enough, then you can go to the mixture prepared in goat milk (which is nutritionally not inferior to cow's, but much more rarely gives a response). When these actions failed, it remains an option or soy blends (which contain animal and plant protein) or a special therapeutic hypoallergenic, which will prescribe the doctor.

With the introduction of artificial feeding we must remember that the transition should not be abrupt (we were given a day a mixture of allergies, the next is another). Sometimes the body gets used to the new food and he should be given time (5 days).

If none of these actions does not help and the Allergy does not pass, the child is transferred to a mixture of Nutrilon Amino acids, which contains no protein (instead there is a set of essential amino acids).

Often the baby eventually outgrows all these problems (when formed digestive system, the main thing - not to aggravate the situation and not to lead to a more severe condition. And be sure to consult with experts.