Milk Allergy Symptoms

Humans can show milk allergy symptoms at almost at any time of their lives. You can be born with milk allergy symptoms and you can also develop them at any age. Normally milk allergy symptoms will disappear by the time child reaches five or six years of age, sometimes a child can be affected for longer, often the child will grow up into an adult and will spend his life without ever being able to drink milk or eat dairy products. Milk allergy symptoms can appear as vomiting or diarrhea, skin problems, breathing problems, or other symptoms that are similar to any other food allergy.
Being able to drink cow's milk is an almost essential part of an infant diet. Fortunately today there are substitute products that can be given to an infant if they are having an allergic reaction to milk. One of these alternatives is a soy milk formula. However, sometimes the child will also be allergic to soy milk. In this case it is recommended that hypoallergenic formula is used.
The things that you should do to avoid milk allergy symptoms are almost identical to the advice that you would follow if you were abreast-feeding mother and your child was showing signs of being allergic to dairy products. The first thing that you can do is to avoid all dairy products. Then you must check out all the labels on the products that you are buying. This is because a lot of products contains milk or milk-based products. You can increase your calcium intake by eating seafood and leafy green vegetables. Also you should eat plenty of nuts and dried fruit.
One of the first things that you should do when you think that you have milk allergy symptoms is to visit your physician. Your pets can also show signs of milk allergy symptoms when they are allergic to dairy products. Again, in the first instance you should always take your pet to see a veterinarian who will be able to diagnose maybe dog allergy symptoms or cat allergy symptoms.