Different Lactose Intolerance and Milk Allergy Cow

What is the difference between cow's milk allergy and lactose intolerance, since both are almost the same characteristics, namely diarrhea when consuming cow's milk.

According to the explanation Prof.Dr.dr. Hananto W. Dipohadiningrat, SP.A (k), allergens are cow's milk protein from cow's milk, while lactose intolerance due to issues of human lactase enzyme.

Incidence of allergy to cow's milk does not directly look after the children drank milk. After repeated consumption of cow's milk no problem, until such a time of cow's milk makes child has diarrhea. Another feature of milk allergy appear reddish or itching in the body after drinking cow's milk.

While in the case of lactose intolerance, diarrhea occurs immediately after the children consume milk. Because it is in the child's body does not exist / lack of lactase enzyme that digests lactose.

In the case of cow's milk allergy, the body reacts to the core substance called immunoglobulin. So, when children consume cow's milk, her body will make antibodies, the longer he is eating, growing high-antibody. When it had passed the threshold of antibodies, then comes the allergy.

Incidence of allergy most often experienced by young children, especially children under the age of one year. In adults there is also found but very rarely due to cow's milk allergy usually disappear with age.

Children who suffer from allergies to cow's milk will generally be given milk substitutes in which the protein of the already hydrolyzed cow's milk (cow's milk proteins are already broken down into small particles or partial hydrolize). Milk is known by the term or regular milk that hypollergenic dituils on the packaging of HA.

When feeding is already hydrolyzed is fixed trigger allergic children, the alternative is extensive hydrolyzed milk (milk where the protein is broken down into smaller particles again).

If the allergy is still, inevitably the child should consume milk amino acids (proteins made into the smallest, called amino acids) which is relatively expensive. Usually after a child is given the amino milk consumption for long he could stand to cow's milk and can eat them.

Well, to find out more certainty whether the child is truly allergic to cow's milk allergy tests can certainly be done.