Baby Care

Once babies are prepared to take solid foods, parents often become worried about food allergies. Food allergy is an allergic reaction to some specific food. Today’s all parents are concerned about food allergies of their children. In recent year we have seen an increase in the susceptibility of allergies. About 4 out of 100 children have a food allergy. Statistic reports that, approximately 6%t of young children and 3 to 4% of adults in the United States have a food allergy.

How to detect it?
The development of any allergic reaction occurs when the body mistakes something like a food or pollen as a harmful and dangerous attacker. If your kids appears upset for no obvious cause or has unexplained areas of itchiness to the skin, then possibly the baby has a food allergy. A true baby food allergy can only be diagnosed by a medical professional, such as your child’s doctor or specialists. This is done by performing a skin test or blood test.

What foods are responsible for baby allergic reaction?
It’s possible to be allergic to any food, but there are some specific foods which have high priority to occur allergic reaction to baby’s skin.

Most common food allergens:

• Cow’s milk
• Egg whites
• Fish (such as tuna, cod, and salmon)
• Shellfish (such as shrimp, lobster and crab)
• Citrus Fruits
• Wheat
• Tree nuts
• Chocolate
• Tomatoes

Least common allergenic foods

• Yeast
• Barley
• Carrots
• Berries
• Plums
• Squash
• Apricots
• Apples

What Are the Symptoms?
So from home how do you know if your baby is having a food allergy or intolerance after starting a new baby food? Skin reactions are the most common signs of a food allergy. Here are also some common signs of an allergic reaction of baby bay food:

• Diarrhea
• Hives (itchy, red bumps on the skin)
• Vomiting
• Swelling of the face or arms
• Stomach cramps
• Possible blood in stools
• Itchy skin
• Wheezing
• Coughing
• Trouble breathing
• Stuffy or runny nose
• Pain in the belly
• Nausea or vomiting
• Watery or red eyes

Danger Signs:
Sometimes baby with food allergies develop long-term disease such as Asthma. Others, for the baby food allergy anaphylaxis comes on and can be life threatening.

How to treat baby food allergies?
You can easily safe your child from baby food allergies. Here are some valuable suggestions to avoid baby food allergy:

• Try to delay giving solids until your baby is 6 months old. Breast-feed your infant for at least one year.
• Start with less allergenic foods when starting solid foods.
• Try to find the foods which develop allergic reaction to your baby. And avoid the food that causes the allergic reaction.
• If your child has a severe food allergy, his health care provider may give you special pens. If your child has an anaphylactic reaction, you can use a pen to quickly give him medicine.
• When children have food allergies, try to confer with your baby doctor. Health care providers will recommend some certain medicines such as inhalers or liquids or pills. But with the doctors prescribe follow the above rules.
• Others one most important suggestion to the mom that, avoid certain foods in pregnancy which may be the cause of food allergies of children.

Medical research is continuing about food allergies. They are trying to find particular permanent solution for it. And we hope, with in a very near time we will be able to see that types of solution.