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Food allergy in fully breast‐fed infants
Author(s) -
WARNER J. O.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1980.tb02090.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cow's milk allergy , pediatrics , milk allergy , infant formula , food allergy , allergy , immunology
It is widely accepted that potentially allergenic macro-molecules are absorbed by the normal adult gut (Lancet, 1978) and may pass from mother to infant in breast milk (Matsumura et al, 1975). Several decades ago physicians realized that such substances could produce adverse reactions in susceptible infants (Shannon, l921;Talbot, 1918). and more recently have suggested that they can cause infantile colic (IUingworth. 1954), vomiting, diarrhoea, eczema, asthma and rhinorrhoea (Glaser, 1956). Unfortunately, the reports are anecdotal and rely on unsubstantiated information -from parents. This paper presents two infants with allergic reactions to extrinsic food antigens transmitted in their mothers breast milk and suggests a method of evaluating the phenomenon objectively.