Breastfeeding and Neonatal Allergies

Breastfeeding and Neonatal Allergies

Poor immune of infants invite allergic infections, Allergic infections are the results of hypersensitive conditions of immune system. These may include food allergies, fever, inflammation etc. allergic symptoms includes redness, food intolerance, food poisoning.

Food allergies are very common in new born babies they are more prone to food allergies and infections as they are not used to of having a direct food up to an age of three years, the genetic history of any allergic infections plays major role in occurring to the future generation. It has been observed that infants who suffered with eczema under their three months, they are usually prone to some food allergies.

The biggest reason to feed maternal milk for the first three months is to make their immune system strong and also to avoid occurrence of any allergy to the baby because mother’s milk is the safest food for the baby during that period of time, but some mothers started feeding cow’s milk which results into various colic and abdominal infections. Food like nuts, milk (other than maternal milk), eggs, seeds, fish, and wheat should not be given to the infants before six months.

Allergic symptoms include

• ·         Diarrhoea or vomiting
• ·         Cough
• ·         Inflammation
• ·         Wheezing and shortness of breath
• ·         Itchy throat and tongue
• ·         Itchy skin or rash
• ·         Swollen lips and throat
• ·         Runny or blocked nose
• ·         Sore, red and itchy eyes

Taking Probiotics and Breastfeeding is best and major preventive method to avoid any allergic infections and also to make the immune system strong.

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