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A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF COW'S MILK PROTEIN INTOLERANCE IN SWEDISH INFANTS
Author(s) -
JAKOBSSON I.,
LINDBERG T.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1979.tb08223.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cow milk , pediatrics , prospective cohort study , milk protein , meal , allergy , food science , immunology , chemistry
. 1079 of 1548 newborn infants were followed during their first year. 328 were prospectively contacted once a month. 751 were followed up at child welfare clinics. Altogether 20 were diagnosed as being cow's milk protein intolerant (1.9%). Symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract and the skin predominated. Only 2 had respiratory symptoms. Ten had their symtpoms within one week after the introduction of cow's milk, 3 of them at their first cow's milk‐containing meal. A further 4 already had symptoms when fed only human milk. The others (6 infants) showed symptoms after more than one week on a cow's milk containing diet. Before 2 years of age, 13 had recovered. Twelve of the cow's milk protein intolerant infants also showed adverse reactions to other foods, soy‐protein intolerance being the most common (7 infants). A family history of allergy was found in 35% (116) of the 328 infants and in 70% (14) of those with cow's milk protein intolerance.