What is Cows milk allergy?
Food allergies are reproducible reactions which are caused by the body’s immune system responding to a protein in a particular food. In the case of cows milk allergy (or cows milk protein allergy), the immune system reacts to the milk protein and this triggers an allergic reaction. The reaction can present itself in different ways so it can be difficult to diagnose immediately. Allergies are different to intolerances; allergies must always involve an immune reaction to a protein whereas an intolerance is a reaction to any food or food product and tend to be more common than allergies. Food intolerances are typically dose-dependant therefore the more of the food component that you are exposed to the worse the symptoms. Food aversion is different to both allergy and intolerances. With food aversion there is no organic disease present, but a strong dislike to a food leads to the complete avoidance of it. Food aversions are psychological rather than causing clinical symptoms. Simply, aller
