Breast milk is the staple and natural food for babies. However, today it is quite common for a young mother to notice that the child has more and more red weeping spots and other irritation on the skin. And more and more often, in response to their anxiety, they hear from the doctor that the child is allergic to breast milk.
Lactase deficiency is a fairly common problem today. You can suspect breast milk intolerance in a baby for a number of signs. If, in addition to skin rashes, the child becomes restless, gains poor weight, practically does not sleep, and also suffers from diarrhea or constipation, it is assumed that he has developed intolerance to the usual diet.
Why is there an allergy to breast milk
Breast milk is the most valuable and useful product for a newly born baby, because it contains only all the most necessary components. It has been proven that every woman's breast milk has a unique composition. at the genetic level, it adapts to the needs of her baby. Micro and macro elements, vitamins, enzymes and much more - all this helps to adjust the baby's stomach to the desired rhythm and pace of work. In addition, breast milk is the best way to build and strengthen the immunity of a newborn.
Mother's milk can change its composition, adjusting the content of substances that the baby needs most. Therefore, the composition of such a unique product is always different.
Doctors believe that today, an allergy to breast milk is manifested more and more often due to the development of progress. Indeed, today in stores on the shelves you can find a huge number of products with chemical components that negatively affect human health.
Allergy in a child does not develop to milk itself, but to some of its components. As a rule, these can be various preservatives, which first enter the mother with food, and then are passed on to the baby through milk.
It is quite difficult to protect yourself from such components, because today they are even found in products that look safe enough - curds, yoghurt, etc.
First, the baby develops irritation on the skin. And then, if you do not start treatment on time, the situation gets worse and reaches its critical point. And if, when the first signs appear, breastfeeding can still be maintained during treatment, then it will be more difficult to do this afterwards. That is why it is very important to start treating lactase deficiency as early as possible.
What to do to keep breastfeeding and get rid of allergies
First of all, the mother needs to go on a diet. We'll have to exclude all harmful products as much as possible. In addition, it is advisable to carefully read all packages on products in order to take only those that do not contain dyes, emulsifiers and other additives. It is often recommended for a woman to exclude all dairy products from her diet. lactase deficiency is greatly aggravated by cow's milk protein.
You will have to keep a food diary, thanks to which you can track what the child has an allergy to and in what form it was.
Sometimes doctors recommend transferring a child to mixed feeding, i.e. while maintaining breastfeeding, add special hypoallergenic mixtures.
