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Some babies have abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea or rash on the skin after eating fish, shrimp, nuts, etc.; Some babies may have a runny nose, sneezing, coughing, and even having trouble breathing when they accidentally inhale pollen or dust, the so-called "rhinitis" or "asthma";
These phenomena are caused by allergies. In daily life, allergies are everywhere, and children often inadvertently find allergens.
So, how does allergies occur?
What are the characteristics of allergies?
What are some of the more common allergens in life?
Which constitutions are more likely to cause allergies?
Let's take a look at it today
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What causes allergies in your baby?
One: allergens
There are many types of allergens, including food allergens, inhalation allergens, contact allergens, etc.
Two: allergic constitution
Allergies are a disease that can be inherited, and babies with allergies often have a family history of allergic diseases.
Three: precipitating factors
Common precipitating factors for allergic diseases are exercise, emotional agitation, fear, weather, etc.
There are three major ways for babies to become allergic
One: gastrointestinal ingestion
It is generally divided into two types: food and medicine:
Food: Common milk, egg whites, fish and shrimp, peanuts, tree nuts and so on
Drugs: penicillin, cephalosporins, aspirin, etc
Two: respiratory inhalation
Indoors: dust mites, animal hair, cockroaches, fungi.
Outdoor: pollen, fungi, perfume, smoke, paint, air pollution
Three: Skin contact
Generally, the baby has an allergic reaction when it comes into contact with something, such as discomfort after blowing a balloon, which is allergic to rubber; there is also an insect bite, and there are local or systemic symptoms of allergy.
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Baby allergies can not be ignored!
Although the time of occurrence of various manifestations of food allergies in children is roughly morning and evening, it still varies from person to person.
Food allergies can occur minutes to hours after eating, or they may occur after days of eating.
However, according to statistics, 90% of food allergy symptoms mostly occur within 1 hour of eating. Some experts have proposed that there are two types of food allergies:
One is the rapid-onset type, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and even hematemesis and blood in the stool, anaphylactic shock, etc. within 2 hours of eating allergic foods;
The other is a slow-onset type, where urticaria, hematuria, and asthma attacks appear within 2 days of eating allergic foods.
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Three characteristics of children's allergies
One: the incidence is high
This is due to the fact that the intestines of infants begin to receive a large number of new food antigens after birth, but the infant's intestinal immune system is not yet mature, and the intestinal proteolytic enzyme activity is poor within 2 years of age.
Two: The incidence slowly decreases with age
Most minbao years old 2 to 3 years old, because of the tolerance of previous allergies, the corresponding symptoms will disappear.
Three: The actual probability of allergies is sometimes less than the parents estimate.
Which babies are more likely to have food allergies?
1, parents with allergic diseases of the baby,
2. The mother eats improperly during pregnancy for the baby.
3. Breastfeeding your baby inappropriately.
4. Add food supplements to premature babies.
5, babies with poor gastrointestinal function, babies with gastrointestinal bacterial infections.
6. Parents smoke for babies.
7. Modern lifestyle for babies.
8, babies born in winter and spring.
9, baby with autism.