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 diarrleoa and signs of discomfort in babies like restlessness, crying, irritability and vomitting.
Breast feeding reduces the likelihood of babies developing an allergy to milk. Milk allergies in babies usually disappear by the time the baby is five or six years old. However, adults might be lactose intolerant or allergic to milk too. These are not the same although they might share some symptoms.
A milk allergy is more serious than lactose intollerance. Whichever you have, you will feel from uncomfortable to being seriously ill. This means that you have to read labels carefully because milk, cream, cheese, whey, curds, yoghurt and butter are in many food products.
With a milk allergy, the body's immune system is triggered 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 may come 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 your skin.
The skin may turn red, be itchy or even swell up. If that occurs 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 symptoms similar to asthma or flu with coughing, sneezing, wheezing and watery eyes or you may suffer an upset stomach with vomitting, diarrheoa and sickness.
In rare cases, the sufferer may pass out which is obviously very dangerous if you are working at height or driving a vehicle. Therefore, if you feel these symptoms, stop work or pull over immediately and seek medical help.
A doctor will be able to either test you for the allergy or refer you to an allergy specialist. The tests are simple, painless and not dangerous as they are carried out under controlled conditions. You will also also need to find out how to read food labels.
You may think that you know what goes into the food that you normally eat, but you do not know how other people prepare it. You might just mash your potatoes, but someone else might 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 diarrleoa and signs of discomfort in babies like restlessness, crying, irritability and vomitting.
Breast feeding reduces the likelihood of babies developing an allergy to milk. Milk allergies in babies usually disappear by the time the baby is five or six years old. However, adults might be lactose intolerant or allergic to milk too. These are not the same although they might share some symptoms.
A milk allergy is more serious than lactose intollerance. Whichever you have, you will feel from uncomfortable to being seriously ill. This means that you have to read labels carefully because milk, cream, cheese, whey, curds, yoghurt and butter are in many food products.
With a milk allergy, the body's immune system is triggered 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 may come 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 your skin.
The skin may turn red, be itchy or even swell up. If that occurs 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 symptoms similar to asthma or flu with coughing, sneezing, wheezing and watery eyes or you may suffer an upset stomach with vomitting, diarrheoa and sickness.
In rare cases, the sufferer may pass out which is obviously very dangerous if you are working at height or driving a vehicle. Therefore, if you feel these symptoms, stop work or pull over immediately and seek medical help.
A doctor will be able to either test you for the allergy or refer you to an allergy specialist. The tests are simple, painless and not dangerous as they are carried out under controlled conditions. You will also also need to find out how to read food labels.
You may think that you know what goes into the food that you normally eat, but you do not know how other people prepare it. You might just mash your potatoes, but someone else might 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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