Article: When Milk Hurts; From Stomach to Skin, Milk Allergies Can Hurt in Multiple Ways, Leading to Months of Needless Suffering by Infant and Parent; Could Unexplained Rashes and Vomiting Be Caused by What's Inside Baby's Bottle?

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- While peanut allergies among school-age children are widely recognized today, there is an even more widespread and elusive allergy affecting babies in their first months of life caused by the only food available to them: milk. With a surprising array of symptoms and infant patients unable to tell the doctor what hurts, many of these babies suffer for months before proper diagnosis and relief.

More than 100,000 babies each year are estimated to suffer from milk allergy and related gastrointestinal tract diseases caused by proteins found in dairy and soy milk. Many outgrow this allergy during toddler years and early childhood. However, others face a ...

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