Prevent Baby Food Allergy

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Allergies are the body's overreaction to external materials based on immunological reactions. This reaction generally occurs only in certain people who have a tendency to it (genetic factors), and little in people without a history of allergies in their families.

The material from outside the allergens can be food and not food. But in the toddler age group (under 3 years), the most common cause of allergies, otherwise known as allergens, is food.

Research in Japan and Singapore found that foods that often cause allergic complaints are seafood, followed by cow's milk, peanuts and eggs. But beyond this list remains open the possibility of other foods as the cause of allergies.

To minimize your baby's risk of food allergies, you should:

1. During the first 6 months the baby is given enough exclusive breastfeeding. This action will generally avoid the use of foreign proteins-in this case the milk of animals-in infants so the risk of allergic reaction at an early age is very small.
2. Carefully choose formula. Give iron-fortified formula (Fe) until the child is 1 year old. Iron will help strengthen the immune system in the blood cells. If you have an allergic talent and are unable to breastfeed, your baby may be given a special formula that is hypoallergenic.
3. Avoid allergic food triggers.

When the baby is still breastfed exclusively. If your baby has an allergy-genetic risk-her parents have a history of allergic diseases, but she may not have allergic disease-and you see a connection between the foods you eat and the onset of symptoms, you should avoid foods that are suspected of causing allergies. If difficult to map the relationship between exposure to certain foods with the onset of allergy symptoms in infants and symptoms that look like other diseases, it is time to go to the doctor and perform allergy tests.

When the baby has been given breast milk. Be careful when introducing new foods to babies. If the child has an allergy, delay the feeding. If after trying again, the baby is still allergic, avoid giving it, and try again at the next age.