Cow's milk is one of the most common food allergens in children with atopic dermatitis (AD). This study was conducted to describe the natural course of cow's milk allergy in children with AD, and to identify factors predictive of outcome. To accomplish this, we reviewed the medical records of 115 children who were diagnosed with AD and cow's milk allergy before 24 months of age to evaluate thei...

Successful therapy in cow's milk protein allergy rests on completely eliminating cow's milk proteins from the child's diet: it is thus necessary to provide a replacement food. This prospective study investigated tolerance of donkey's milk in a population of 46 selected children with cow's milk protein allergy, for whom it was not possible to use any cow's milk substitute. Thirty-eight children ...

Human breast milk is the best nutritional support that insures the right development and influences the immune status of the newborn infant. However, when it is not possible to breast feed, it may be necessary to use commercial infant formulas that mimic, where possible, the levels and types of nutrients present in human milk. Despite this, some formula-fed infant develops allergy and/or atopic...

Food allergy is an aberrant immune-mediated reaction against harmless food substances, such as cow's milk proteins. Due to its very early introduction, cow's milk allergy is one of the earliest and most common food allergies. For this reason cow's milk allergy can be recognized as one of the first indications of an aberrant inflammatory response in early life. Classically, cow's milk allergy, a...

Background Cow’s milk allergy affects about 2-3 % of general population; the prevalence of egg allergy is 1-2% among childhood. According to the literature the development of tolerance for cow’s milk and for egg is reached in early childhood, in the majority of case. In addiction it is reported that over six years of age there is a significant decrease in the resolution rate both for cow’s milk...

OBJECTIVE To provide a practical, evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and management of milk protein allergy in infants. SOURCES OF INFORMATION MEDLINE was searched from 1950 to March 2008 using the MeSH heading milk-hypersensitivity. Additional sources were derived from reviews found with the initial search strategy. Evidence was levels I, II, and III. MAIN MESSAGE Milk protein allerg...

Cow's milk protein allergy is an adverse immune reaction to one or more of the constituent proteins of milk obtained from any animal, most commonly alpha s 1-casein cow's milk. In many cases, the allergy is genetic in origin. The infants may experience symptoms within minutes after feeding (rapid onset) or commonly after 7-10 days of consuming the cow's milk (slower onset). Many children with c...

An accurate diagnosis of adverse reactions to cow’s milk is critical to ensure an effective dietary management strategy and/or to avoid the unnecessary elimination of cow’s milk from the diet. Strict avoidance of cow’s milk, milk products, and some food ingredients derived from cow’s milk (e.g., casein, whey protein concentrate), with careful attention to the nutritional adequacy of the diet, m...

The objective of this study was to create a method for group nutritional therapy for parents of children with cow's milk allergy/intolerance in a paediatric primary care setting to increase accessibility to nutritional therapy. A second objective was to evaluate a milk allergy school. Follow-up time after the group session was 3 yr. All parents to newly diagnosed children (n=98) with cow's milk...

INTRODUCTION Cow's milk protein allergy is the most common allergy in pediatrics. Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated cow's milk allergy poses a higher risk for life and a worse prognosis. OBJETIVES To describe the course of IgE-mediated cow's milk protein allergy and risk factors associated with disease persistence. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a descriptive, retrospective study conducted in ...