Lack of breast milk causes allergies in children

According to a recent study, one in twenty has one or more food allergies, especially to milk, eggs and fish. They have doubled in the last decade and it is a growing trend in Europe and around the world. The most affected are children, and the culprit may be breast milk. Breastfeeding Now, the child’s diet in his first year of life is decisive to enhance his body’s natural defenses against food allergens. The best way to prevent these problems – according to the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) – is to maintain exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and delay the introduction of more allergenic foods such as those containing gluten (porridges with wheat, oats, barley or rye), cow’s milk, eggs, fish and soy until after 12 months of age; especially when there is a family genetic history that predisposes one to suffer from allergies. A study According to a recent study, this is due to the suppression of breastfeeding and the fact that foods are introduced too early, in many cases at 3 months. Allergists advise that it be from 6 months and in a much more progressive way, that is, little by little. In general, adults are mainly allergic to nuts, fruit and shellfish. Regarding respiratory allergies, they found that they occur more in women than in men, and most are caused by pollen, pets, and in areas near the sea, by mites. You are more likely to suffer from allergies between the ages of 20 and 30. These are the conclusions of a team of Spanish researchers who analyzed the evolution of allergies in the last 25 years to I sent samples to 60,000 patients. Allergies We can start by defining what is an allergy? The immune system protects us from harmful substances such as viruses and bacteria. An allergy is a type of immune response to a substance that is not harmful to most people. This substance is known as an allergen. But you have to know how to differentiate between a food allergy and being lactose intolerant. If your child presents these symptoms… ALLERGY to cow’s milk proteins is a more serious condition than intolerance. It is triggered by small amounts of dairy proteins and can cause hives and significant allergic reactions. In lactose INTOLERANCE the symptoms can be eczema, diarrhea, anal fissures, crying, colic and abdominal pain. Both conditions can appear when the baby is given artificial formula or when the mother drinks dairy products. Typically, intolerance disappears over time. Solutions If you think your child has symptoms due to an intolerance, you can try completely eliminating dairy proteins from your mother’s diet (sometimes all cow proteins as well) and the improvement is usually dramatic. In most children, the symptoms recur with the slightest introduction of dairy products into the mother’s diet, but usually around 18 months-2 years the symptoms usually subside. To know if it is an allergy, allergic tests must be performed. Allergy to cow’s milk occurs in approximately 1% of infants, being somewhat more common (up to 4%) when there is a history of allergy in the father and mother. The proportion is lower when the allergy develops through milk proteins that pass through the mother’s milk. If clinically proven (more or less severe symptoms of intestinal bleeding or anaphylactic shock with vomiting-paleness-malaise or urticaria-angioedema) with positive or negative allergy tests, the pediatrician will remove cow’s milk and its derivatives from the mother’s diet (sometimes even beef). In conclusion: Breastfeeding during the first four and six months reduces the risk of suffering from atopic eczema and allergy to cow’s milk proteins, according to a study presented at the II Meeting of the Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).