Archive for the ‘Allergy’ Category

April 16 2010

5 Ways to Protect Babies from Food Allergies

If your baby is suffering from food allergies, do not panic because maybe it’s not your fault. Many parents who believe their baby suffer allergies from cow’s milk but in fact not. Baby who have traits fussy, vomiting, frequent crying, often regarded as characteristics of cow’s milk allergy, whereas a normal child and not an allergy.

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Here are the steps that can help avoid the risk of infant food allergies:

1. Give Your Baby Breastmilk
If possible, give exclusive breastfeeding for 4-6 months. Because breast milk can protect your baby from food allergies.

2. Do not Give Solid Foods Too Early
We recommend waiting until 6 months before giving your baby solid foods.

3. Avoid Foods That Commonly Cause Allergies.
Do not give cow’s milk to your baby until he’s first birthday. Give the egg when he was 2 years old. Do not give nuts or fish until the age of 3 years.

4. Keep Food During Pregnancy
Avoid foods that cause allergies during your pregnancy. Try to avoid the consumption of nuts, especially if you have a history of allergy in the family.

5. Do not Mutually Baby Milk
There was no significant difference in infant formula-fed (bottle) with hypoallergenic milk. In a study found 47 percent of parents switch to the hypoallergenic milk based solely on their own beliefs without consulting your doctor. Based on the study by Berseth, concluded healthy infants and toddlers have the same tolerance to the usual bottle-feeding or hypoallergenic formula milk.

April 15 2010

Overcoming Allergies with Honey

Honey is believed to have many virtues. Honey does have the power to cure various diseases and can increase stamina. Also, Did you know that was a sweet viscous liquid flavor is highly reliable can be used to overcome the allergy. In this review we will discuss some properties of honey, especially against allergies.

Here are some of the benefits of honey are successfully extracted from various sources:

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Honey can increase stamina, every night before bedtime, most Japanese people have a habit of drinking honey so that when the wake has a fresh and healthy body condition.

Honey is also beneficial for skin health and beauty treatments.

Honey contains antibiotic substances. It has been proved by the results of research Peter C Molan (1992), researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikoto, New Zealand. According to Peter, Honey found to contain antibiotic substances active against the attacks of pathogens that cause disease.

Honey also contains anti-microbial substances, which can inhibit the disease (Results from the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya in Malaysia, Kamarudin (1997))

Some infectious diseases by various pathogens such as upper respiratory infections (ARI), cough, fever, wound ulcer disease, gastrointestinal infections, and skin diseases were also preventable and curable with regular honey drink.

Is it true that honey can prevent allergy attacks?

Lynne Chepulis, Ph.D., researcher and author of ‘Healing Honey’,says that drinking a daily dose of honey, a tablespoon, is believed to stimulate the immune system. So can automatically make you avoid allergy. This statement is also strengthened by the phrase “Honey from this pollen can stimulate the immune system and can reduce allergies,” (Miguel P. Wolbert of Allergy & Asthma Care Center in Evansville, Indiana, USA)

Although there is no clinical evidence that honey can cure allergies, but this has been proven by some patients Wolbert. “I would not know the benefits of honey if my patient does not feel its benefits,” said Wolbert explained.

In addition to fighting allergies, honey is also efficacious cure coughs. Researchers at Penn State University to test the honey of dextromethorphan. Namely, the active ingredient used in cough medicine. The result, honey is considered more potent cure a cough in children than the active ingredient.

If you want to try to overcome cough on your child try to use the original honey. But, be aware, do not give to babies under the age of one year. Because, honey contains spores of bacteria that can be harmful to health

April 9 2010

Does Your Baby Have Allergies Risk?

To find out your baby’s risk of allergies it is necessary to search a family history of allergy. The most influential is for both parents and baby brother. To search history of allergy will be created for tracking cards history of allergy that can be filled easily by health workers during pregnancy or soon after birth. By filling in the search card history of allergy, it can be determined the risk of allergy in infants who are born. So it can be determined the importance of early prevention measures.

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But if your baby is otherwise have allergy then you as parents need to keep food intake for infants. Experienced allergic infants vary widely. Maybe your baby’s skin immediately flush with hot air. Or maybe you are allergic to cow’s milk infant formula and should be replaced by soy milk. Or your baby may also experience allergy foods containing chocolate, nuts, meat, eggs, etc..

In addition to keeping baby’s food intake, you should consult with your doctor so that your baby allergic to avoid the risk of more severe allergies.