If Not Treated, Allergy Children Protein Natural Cow Milk Failed to Grow

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Early nutrition of life, the nutrients the child receives from the womb until about the age of two years has a very big role in the quality of child growth and the level of health in adulthood.

"But there is a certain nutritional intake early in life, which actually contains the nutrients needed to support optimal growth, but cannot be tolerated by children with allergic risks," said DR. Dr. Rini Sekartini, SpA (K) Child Development Consultant RSCM Jakarta.

He confirmed this in a Nutritalk discussion entitled 'Early Life Nutrition: Basics and Practical Guidelines for Optimizing Child Growth with Cow Milk Protein Allergy', held by Sarihusada, in Jakarta, Thursday (24/3).

He explains that children with risk of cow milk protein allergy will provide abnormal reactions to nutrient intake containing cow's milk protein because of the interaction between one or more milk proteins with one or more immune mechanisms.

In early life, the intake of nutrients that contain cow's milk protein can be MPASI, balanced food, and breast milk from mothers who consume nutrients that contain cow's milk protein.

Therefore, appropriate nutritional intervention is required for children with a risk of intolerance to cow's milk protein, so children avoid allergen triggers, but still obtain the nutrients needed to support optimal growth.

Cow's milk is a high protein source to meet the nutritional needs of children. With milk protein, growth and development of children will be much more optimal.

"Through cow's milk, protein needs can be met well. Because if you rely on vegetable protein, we must consume in quantities that are much more and many times more, "he explained.

Unfortunately, not all children can consume cow's milk due to allergies to cow's milk protein. As a result other than breast milk (ASI) of children with cow milk allergy can only rely on the aid of vegetable-based protein.

"Children with cow's milk protein allergies will show symptoms such as red skin, vomiting, diarrhea, and others while consuming cow's milk and derivative products. Whereas cow's milk is found in complementary foods of breast milk and other baby food, "he explained.

In the case of a child with a cow's milk protein allergy, Dr. Rini warned parents to be more vigilant. Due to cow's milk allergy, if no solution is found, the child will be malnourished and eventually end up experiencing the so-called failure to grow. This means the body will grow abnormally as shorter or smaller and the level of intelligence is also not well developed.

"Therefore, proper nutrition intervention is required. One of them is the provision of nutrition with partially hydrolyzed protein "he said.

Partially hydrolyzed protein is the result of a technology that cuts the length of the protein chain shortens and reduces the mass size of the protein molecule so that the protein will be more easily digested and accepted by the child.

This technology allows children who are intolerant of cow's milk protein can still obtain nutrients with the necessary protein intake to support the achievement of optimal growth.

With shorter chains and smaller molecular mass sizes does not mean the nutritional content of partially hydrolyzed proteins is reduced. In contrast, shorter chains and smaller molecular mass sizes make it easier to digest and absorb nutrients.

Source : possore.com