Preventing Hereditary Child Food Allergies
Description:
People all over the world suffer from
allergies due to various reasons.
The reason that is most prominent is the reaction their anatomy shows
while coming in contact with particular food. Therefore people who suffer
from allergies as well as their treating physicians are always on the
lookout for preventives to fight allergies, especially when they tend to be
hereditary.
Millions
of people all over the world suffer from allergies of different types. While
such allergies could be caused due to multiple reasons, food is perhaps the
most potent reason for people suffering from allergies.
The physical system does not accept some particular type of food and
these results in the person consuming such food developing allergic
tendencies. For instance, some
children develop allergy to peanuts.
And at times there could be possibilities of developing allergic
tendencies that are hereditary.
If one of
your children is suffering from such allergic conditions and you are
expecting a second child, you might well be concerned about preventing such
tendencies in the yet to born.
Good news for you is that there are ways to prevent such allergic tendencies
that are turning out to be hereditary.
Even if you may not completely cure it there are chances for you to
prevent such tendencies in future. The first step in the right direction
would be to find out whether you child is having some high risks.
But how
would you assess whether your child is running high risks? Some of the major
risk factors that could develop food allergies are –
· Allergic disorders like eczema, high fever, or asthma that are results of such allergic tendencies
·
Such type of
disorders prevalent among the family members.
·
Having other
type of allergies relating to food or formula.
Once you find out that your
child is suffering with risks developing food allergies, the next step for
you is to take preventive measures.
The question for you again here would be what the preventive measures
could be and how to implement them.
·
Since breast
feeding is the best feeding all mothers should make it a practice breast
feeding the new born.
·
No food
supplements or solid foods other than breast feed should be used for the
first six months after the birth of the child.
·
With other
foods, breast feeding should continue till the child is 12 months old.
·
Food that
creates allergic reactions in other children or members in the family should
be avoided by the mother. At
the same time during the nursing stage, eggs, cow milk, and fish should be
avoided.
·
Hypoalergenic formula like the Nutramigen or Alimentum may be used for
supplementing the breast feeding.
·
When the
child is at least six months old, use of iron fortified rice cereals could
be useful.
·
The child
should not be given milk or dairy products at least up to the age of 12
months.
·
Eggs should
not be given to child till such child is two years older.
·
Avoid all
allergy creating foods till the child is three years older.
One should not forget that there are multiple types of food that contains hidden components hiding the foods you might be avoiding. Muffin contains peanut flour and on the other hand margarine contains milk. Such food should also be in your “to be avoided” list.
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