Allergy is a fairly common disease. However, this term is often understood as food intolerance, which goes away by itself as the child grows up and the digestive system matures. Allergy refers to a person's sensitivity to certain substances called allergens. It is recommended to identify them as early as possible, since allergies can develop. In adolescents and adults, it is very difficult to treat.
Instructions
Step 1
Food intolerance, which is an allergy to food, occurs in almost every child. There are many reasons for it: heredity, weak immunity, violation of the timing of the introduction of complementary foods. That is why it is necessary to follow the rules for introducing new products into the baby's diet.
Step 2
It is better to offer new food in the morning so that you can see the child's reaction during the day. It is desirable that the intervals between the introduction of different types of complementary foods should be at least 3-4 days. At this time, you need to carefully monitor the stool, as well as the baby's skin. If you notice any changes, you need to exclude this product for a while. The gradual introduction of complementary foods can easily help identify a particular product that causes allergies.
Step 3
Unfortunately, sometimes allergies are not immediately detected. Sometimes the reaction occurs after some time, a week or even a month. In this case, parents need to exclude one product after another from the diet, monitoring the child's health. In such a situation, it is much more difficult to detect an allergen, since it is accumulated in the body and is not excreted in a short time.
Step 4
It is, of course, difficult to identify which foods a child is allergic to, but it is quite within the power of parents. But it is almost impossible to determine the allergy to house dust, pollen, animal hair on your own. For this purpose, special allergic tests are carried out. The little ones take blood from a vein for analysis. Moreover, it is done when there is no aggravated reaction to the allergen, otherwise the result may be false.
Step 5
For older children, allergy tests are performed with the following skin test. To do this, various allergens are applied to the forearm in the form of drops. And then they make a small scratch and observe the reaction of the body. This procedure usually takes 20-30 minutes.
