What should I do if milk protein allergy causes diarrhea?

  ”Milk allergy CMA” is the most common food allergy in infants and children. Approximately 2-7% of infants and children have a milk allergy. This is caused by an overreaction of the body’s immune system to milk proteins. Milk protein is one of the first foods introduced in infancy and is also a very important part of a balanced diet throughout childhood. As milk is the most common food for infants and young children, when babies have an allergic reaction to milk, they need to avoid milk and its dairy products completely, while feeding 100% free amino acid formula powder as a dietary substitute is recommended.  If you find that your baby has diarrhea with allergies, don’t panic, but respond calmly and correctly. Record the number of times your baby has diarrhea, observe the nature of the stool, and take the stool to the hospital for laboratory tests if necessary. For example, how many times a day does your baby have diarrhea, what is the color, smell and shape of the stool? Is there any blood in the stool? Such questions should be carefully observed and recorded by the mother. If the situation is serious, take some of the baby’s stool (with liquid part) to the hospital for examination and testing as soon as possible so that the doctor can promptly confirm whether the baby’s diarrhea is caused by allergies.  The daily judgment of the symptoms of milk protein allergy is mainly: the general stools of newborn babies: more frequent, loose stools, milk flaps and other indigestion symptoms, as long as there is no mucus in the stool, no watery stool separation (egg-flake soup-like) symptoms, generally 2-3 weeks will basically be improved. If the number of stools continues to increase, stools are watery, or there is blood in the stool, you should be alert to milk protein allergy.  How to take care of your baby with allergic diarrhea at home?  1, timely hydration: Allergic babies with diarrhea are prone to dehydration, so timely hydration is especially important. Mom can feed her baby plain water, or use rice soup or apple juice to hydrate her baby.  2. Reduce the amount of complementary foods: During diarrhea, you can feed your allergic baby some easily digestible foods, such as rice soup, porridge, noodles, etc. The complementary foods that you usually eat should be reduced or temporarily stopped, no new complementary foods should be added, and it is not recommended to eat greasy and cold foods.  3, should not be excessive supplementation: diarrhea itself is caused by milk protein allergy, at this time should be strictly avoid milk and its milk products, you can feed allergic babies amino acid formula, but should follow the principle of “a small number of times”.  4.Don’t drown the little buttocks: pay special attention to the baby’s anal area, wipe and wash it lightly, apply some oil ointment after washing to prevent red buttocks, and change the diaper in time to avoid skin ulcers.  5, home hygiene to do well: after causing diarrhea, New Mom should pay more attention to the sanitary environment at home, if you do not pay attention to clean, will let the baby infected with more bacteria, thus aggravating the severity of diarrhea.