Some people are allergic to milk and milk products. This is because their immune system sees the incoming milk protein as an attacking body and tries to fight it off. It is basically your body making a mistake of identity and fighting off a friend. Maybe the milk got the password wrong.
Anyway, an allergy to milk manifests itself in various ways including an upset stomach, wind and diarrhea and signs of discomfort in babies like restiveness, crying, irritability and sickness.
Breast feeding reduces the likelihood of babies developing an allergy to milk. Milk allergies in babies usually disappears by the time the baby is five or six years old. However, adults may be lactose intolerant or allergic to milk too. hese are not the same although they may share some symptoms.
A milk allergy is more dangerous than lactose intolerance. Whichever you have, you will feel from uncomfortable to being gravely ill. This means that you have to read food labels carefully since milk, cream, cheese, whey, curds, yoghurt and butter are in many food products.
With a milk allergy, the body's immune system is set off by the protein in the milk - milk curds contain 80% of this and the whey 20%. The antibodies can cause nausea, stomachache, bloatedness, headache, shortage of breath and a skin rash.
The reaction to the milk might appear within ten to fifteen minutes or it could take a few hours and you will notice a reaction in your respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract or on your skin.
The skin may go red, become itchy or even swell up. If that happens around the mouth or worse still in the throat, you need help quickly because it could block your airway causing asphyxiation.
However, more common are indications comparable to asthma or flu with coughing, sneezing, wheezing and watery eyes or you may suffer an upset stomach with vomitting, diarrhea and queasiness.
In rare cases, the sufferer may pass out which is naturally very dangerous if you are working at height or driving a vehicle. Therefore, if you feel these indications, give up work or pull over instantly and seek medical help.
A doctor will be able to either test you for the allergy or refer you to an allergy specialist. The checks are easy, painless and not dangerous as they are carried out under controlled conditions. You will also need to find out how to read food labels.
You might think that you know what goes into the food that you normally eat, but you do not know how other people make it. You might only mash your potatoes, but someone else may add milk, butter or cream or a mixture of them.
Indian food very often ciontains milk products including ghee (clarified butter), butter, yoghurt, cheese, whey and curds. Thai food is pretty safe, because Thais in general do not eat dairy products. You will have to learn details such as these.
Anyway, an allergy to milk manifests itself in various ways including an upset stomach, wind and diarrhea and signs of discomfort in babies like restiveness, crying, irritability and sickness.
Breast feeding reduces the likelihood of babies developing an allergy to milk. Milk allergies in babies usually disappears by the time the baby is five or six years old. However, adults may be lactose intolerant or allergic to milk too. hese are not the same although they may share some symptoms.
A milk allergy is more dangerous than lactose intolerance. Whichever you have, you will feel from uncomfortable to being gravely ill. This means that you have to read food labels carefully since milk, cream, cheese, whey, curds, yoghurt and butter are in many food products.
With a milk allergy, the body's immune system is set off by the protein in the milk - milk curds contain 80% of this and the whey 20%. The antibodies can cause nausea, stomachache, bloatedness, headache, shortage of breath and a skin rash.
The reaction to the milk might appear within ten to fifteen minutes or it could take a few hours and you will notice a reaction in your respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract or on your skin.
The skin may go red, become itchy or even swell up. If that happens around the mouth or worse still in the throat, you need help quickly because it could block your airway causing asphyxiation.
However, more common are indications comparable to asthma or flu with coughing, sneezing, wheezing and watery eyes or you may suffer an upset stomach with vomitting, diarrhea and queasiness.
In rare cases, the sufferer may pass out which is naturally very dangerous if you are working at height or driving a vehicle. Therefore, if you feel these indications, give up work or pull over instantly and seek medical help.
A doctor will be able to either test you for the allergy or refer you to an allergy specialist. The checks are easy, painless and not dangerous as they are carried out under controlled conditions. You will also need to find out how to read food labels.
You might think that you know what goes into the food that you normally eat, but you do not know how other people make it. You might only mash your potatoes, but someone else may add milk, butter or cream or a mixture of them.
Indian food very often ciontains milk products including ghee (clarified butter), butter, yoghurt, cheese, whey and curds. Thai food is pretty safe, because Thais in general do not eat dairy products. You will have to learn details such as these.
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