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Article: Milk Protein Allergy in Infants.
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- Consumers' Research Magazine
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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Milk protein allergy occurs mainly in infants and young children, but rarely persists beyond three years of age. It seldom develops in adults. About 1% to 3% of infants develop milk protein allergy. Typically, the problem begins in the first year of life when cow's milk-based formula is introduced. Although sensitization to cow's milk protein can occur prenatally and in breast-fed infants, there is no convincing evidence that if the mother restricts her own intake of cow's milk during pregnancy or lactation, that cow's milk protein allergy will be prevented in the infant.
The allergic reaction is from an abnormal immunologic response to one or more of the ...