Re: milk allergies or not????????

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milk allergies or not????????

> help,my son may or may not have a milk protein or lactose intolerance.

> he wakes up vomiting and has the runs about 3 days a week,the

> episodes don't last long,about 4 hours,and always happen if he has

> dairy products mostly cheese,the day before.

> sometimes,especially when he has cheddar cheese ,he breaks out in a

> rash around his mouth,and he is cranky and irritable,has very

> frequent temper tantrums,that can last from 20 mins to 2 hours,

> he is 19 months old and he has been gradually getting worse,from 3

> days a month 6 months ago to almost everyday now.

> does any one have any info

>

I think there is a good chance that your son has an allergy to the milk

protein. When I switched my son from breastmilk to milk formula he started

breaking out in hives and projectile vomiting a couple hours after he had

formula. This was when he was 6 months old. Our ped told us to switch to

soy formula which worked fine for us. Since then we have avoided all dairy

products. The symptoms you list seem too severe for it to be only a milk

intolerance. Sounds like a really GOOD reason to be GFCF.

(Aidan's mom)