Can cows milk allergy be cured?
Dear Readers, D.V., a 24-year-old woman from Harbour View, Kingston 17, is very worried about her three-month-old baby girl. Her pregnancy was uncomplicated and her baby was born a healthy child but soon developed a recurring diarrhoea which just wouldn’t settle down. The baby also “puked” up her feeds at times. D.V. took the baby to see a doctor. She has been told to stop giving the baby the regular cow’s milk tinned feeds as her baby has “milk allergy”. D.V. asks “Lifeline” if her baby will always be allergic to milk or can this condition be cured. Cow’s Milk Allergy occurs due to the child or adult becoming sensitised to one or more of the proteins in cow’s milk. This is different from “milk intolerance”, where the problem is not allergy but either lactose deficiency or fat intolerance. Milk allergy can occur at any age but is mainly a childhood disorder occurring most commonly in the first few months of life. Usually, some other close relatives will also suffer from allergies or ev
