Attentive mothers sometimes find that their children's stools are bloody, which may be the cause of infectious enteritis, but for small babies, the chance of infection with bacteria is relatively small, and the baby's stool is bloody, and the cause of protein allergy is often more considered.
Protein allergy is more common in babies 2 weeks to 3 months after birth, and milk powder feeding is more commonBreastfed babies may also occur when the mother drinks milk or foods containing milk. Of course, not only milk, but also soy products, egg whites, etc. can be caused. It is mainly manifested by blood in the stool, and sometimes eczema and other manifestations may be combined. The symptoms are mild, generally only blood streaks in the stool, which occasionally appears, and the child's other general condition is good, **normal. If it is more serious, there may be obvious blood in the stool, bloody stool, and there may be manifestations such as refusal to breastfeed, crying when **, intestinal colic, and weight loss.
Many parents have questions, why is it so good, how can it suddenly be allergic?There are two main reasons, one is that the child's immune system is immature, and most newborns will not have allergic symptoms when they drink milk powder soon after birth;In addition, the human body is often not allergic to a certain substance for the first time, and allergic reactions are often induced by multiple exposures.
Laboratory diagnostic methods for diagnosing cow's milk allergy are currently lacking, and allergen testing is only used as a reference. The gold standard for diagnosing cow's milk protein allergy is to avoid this common milk feed and replace it with amino acid milk feedingIf the symptoms disappear after the change, and the stool is abnormal when the original regular milk powder feeding is resumed, it can be clear.
Breastfed babies, this situation occurs, mainly because the mother avoids eating, if the weight gain is normal during the period, even if a small amount of blood in the stool, you can still continue to breastfeed. Milk powder feeding, it is generally recommended to feed amino acid milk powder for at least six months, and then slowly switch to regular milk powder.
For babies with allergies, it is generally recommended to add complementary food at four months, which can make the child develop immune tolerance to more food, avoid feeding difficulties in the future, and nutritional problems.