Cow’s milk protein (VLT) allergy occurs when your baby’s immune system rejects milk proteins, causing severe symptoms such as red skin, severe vomiting, blood stool, and shortness of breath.
In these cases, the baby should be fed special milk formulas indicated by the pediatrician that do not contain milk protein, in addition to avoiding the consumption of any food containing milk in its composition.
- For babies who are allergic to milk and are still breastfeeding.
- The mother should also stop consuming milk and products containing milk in the recipe.
- As the protein that causes the allergy passes into the breast milk.
- Causing the baby’s symptoms.
In addition to breastfeeding care, infants up to 1 year of age should also consume infant formulas that do not contain cow’s milk protein, such as Nan Soy, Pregomin, Aptamil, and Alfaré.After 1 year of age, follow-up should be continued with the pediatrician and the child may begin consuming fortified soy milk or any other type of milk directed by the doctor.
It is also important to remember that at any age you should avoid consuming milk and any dairy products in its composition, such as cheese, yogurt, cakes, pastries, pizzas and white sauce.
To know the difference between normal colic and milk allergies, you should watch for symptoms, because colic doesn’t appear after all meals and causes milder pain and discomfort than allergy.
In case of allergy, symptoms are more severe and in addition to intestinal problems, they also include irritability, skin changes, vomiting, shortness of breath, swelling of lips and eyes and irritability.
The following table shows the foods and ingredients of industrialized products that contain milk proteins and should be removed from the diet.
The ingredients listed in the right column, such as casein, caseinate and lactose, should be checked on the ingredients list on the label of processed foods.
In addition, products containing natural dyes, flavors or aromas of butter, margarine, milk, caramel, coconut cream, vanilla cream and other dairy products may contain traces of milk, so in these cases you should call the product manufacturer’s SAC and confirm the presence of milk before offering the meal to the child.