As I have mentioned in my earlier post where Ryan had his first solids, we were quite eager to get him started the moment he reached 4 months old. We saw some baby foods that are recommended for babies of 4 months and above. We bought a packet of the organic rice cereal and were about to start him on that before we were advised by our paed to refrain from doing so. He explained that starting Ryan only upon 6 months is much safer to prevent him from getting food allergy. Of course we obediently followed. Hence, when Ryan started his solid a couple of days ago, Ryan could only take about 6 spoonfuls before the packet expired. Sigh! What a waste of hard earned money.
So, how does a baby develops food allergy? Is there any prevention? What are the risks of a baby getting it?
We did some research and found some pretty interesting facts.
For this post, we will share what we learnt about the risk of food allergy.
Food allergy has no age barriers and it usually begins during the first year of life. It is reported that most children will outgrow certain allergies by the time they begin schooling. However, some may persist into adulthood. High risk group are those with a family history of allergies.
Risk of developing allergy based on family history:-
Both parents with no allergy – Only 5%-15% risk of allergy
One parent with allergy – 20%-40% risk of allergy
Both parent with allergy – 40%-60% risk of allergy
Both parent with same allergy – 50%-80% risk of allergy
I have a couple of good friends who are extremely allergic to egg white for example. Just a brush with egg white in their food (apparently even the apparatus that cooked them) can bring them down with severe symptoms including asthma, nausea and black-out. Frightening isn’t it?
For the next post, we will share how food allergy comes about, common symptoms and the type of food that would commonly causes allergies.
So, how does a baby develops food allergy? Is there any prevention? What are the risks of a baby getting it?
We did some research and found some pretty interesting facts.
For this post, we will share what we learnt about the risk of food allergy.
Food allergy has no age barriers and it usually begins during the first year of life. It is reported that most children will outgrow certain allergies by the time they begin schooling. However, some may persist into adulthood. High risk group are those with a family history of allergies.
Risk of developing allergy based on family history:-
Both parents with no allergy – Only 5%-15% risk of allergy
One parent with allergy – 20%-40% risk of allergy
Both parent with allergy – 40%-60% risk of allergy
Both parent with same allergy – 50%-80% risk of allergy
I have a couple of good friends who are extremely allergic to egg white for example. Just a brush with egg white in their food (apparently even the apparatus that cooked them) can bring them down with severe symptoms including asthma, nausea and black-out. Frightening isn’t it?
For the next post, we will share how food allergy comes about, common symptoms and the type of food that would commonly causes allergies.
2 comments:
Most kids nowadays allergy to peanuts and egg! We tried egg white for my gal when she is around 6 months old! Oh boy! She has rashes all over her body, scare us to hell! Luckily the allergy gone and she can take egg now! :0 I remember my MIL commented that hubby is allergic to egg and has same reaction when they gave him egg when he was baby! I didnt have problem with egg, my mum said.
thanks for the info!
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