Summary

SICK BABIES CAN BE A HANDFUL. PARENTS OFTEN GET FRUSTRATED IF THEIR BABY HAS PROBLEMS THEY CAN'T SEEM TO SOLVE. SOME PROBLEMS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A REACTION TO THE MILK OR FORMULA THE BABY IS BEING FED. DOCTORS WILL PERFORM TESTS TO RULE OUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS, BUT THE DIAGNOSIS CAN BE SIMPLE. AN INTOLERANCE TO THEIR FORMULA WHICH IS COW'S MILK OR SOY-BASED CAN BE THE PROBLEM. DOCTORS MAY SUGGEST CHANGING TO A FORMULA IN WHICH THE PROTEIN HAS BEEN TREATED TO MAKE IT LESS ALLERGENIC, CREATING LESS HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS. SYMPTOMS OF PROTEIN INTOLERANCE MAY INCLUDE BLOOD IN THE STOOL, DIARRHEA, COLICKY BEHAVIOR OR EVEN A SKIN RASH. THE PROBLEM IS FAIRLY COMMON, EVEN IN BREAST FED BABIES. IN THAT CASE, THE MOTHER MAY HAVE TO TAKE COW'S MILK OUT OF HER DIET TO AVOID PASSING THAT PROTEIN ON TO HER BABY. INFANTS WILL USUALLY NEED THEIR SPECIAL FORMULA FOR SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. MOST OUTGROW THEIR PROTEIN INTOLERANCE BY THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 101987
Story Slug VNR: INFANT ALLERGIES
Location HOUSTON, TEXAS
Format PKG
Date 10/10/1991
Archive Time 19:33
TRT 1:28
Supers HOUSTON, TX KIMBERLY ASAL, ZACHARY'S MOTHER DR. CARLOS LIFSCHITZ, PED. GASTROENTEROLOGIST DR. KAREN JOHNSON, REPORTING
Video Description WOMAN PREPARING BOTTLE / WOMAN FEEDING BABY / WOMAN CHANGING BABY / BABY IN A SWING / SOTS
Description SICK BABIES CAN BE A HANDFUL. PARENTS OFTEN GET FRUSTRATED IF THEIR BABY HAS PROBLEMS THEY CAN'T SEEM TO SOLVE. SOME PROBLEMS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A REACTION TO THE MILK OR FORMULA THE BABY IS BEING FED. DOCTORS WILL PERFORM TESTS TO RULE OUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS, BUT THE DIAGNOSIS CAN BE SIMPLE. AN INTOLERANCE TO THEIR FORMULA WHICH IS COW'S MILK OR SOY-BASED CAN BE THE PROBLEM. DOCTORS MAY SUGGEST CHANGING TO A FORMULA IN WHICH THE PROTEIN HAS BEEN TREATED TO MAKE IT LESS ALLERGENIC, CREATING LESS HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS. SYMPTOMS OF PROTEIN INTOLERANCE MAY INCLUDE BLOOD IN THE STOOL, DIARRHEA, COLICKY BEHAVIOR OR EVEN A SKIN RASH. THE PROBLEM IS FAIRLY COMMON, EVEN IN BREAST FED BABIES. IN THAT CASE, THE MOTHER MAY HAVE TO TAKE COW'S MILK OUT OF HER DIET TO AVOID PASSING THAT PROTEIN ON TO HER BABY. INFANTS WILL USUALLY NEED THEIR SPECIAL FORMULA FOR SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. MOST OUTGROW THEIR PROTEIN INTOLERANCE BY THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY.
Script LEAD: IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HAVE A NEWBORN BABY AND NOT KNOW WHAT EVERY LITTLE SYMPTOM MEANS. WHAT IF HE'S COLICKY OR HAS DIARRHEA...BUT IS OTHERWISE PERFECTLY HEALTHY? YOUR INFANT MAY BE HAVING TROUBLE TOLERATING HIS FORMULA...OR EVEN MOTHER'S BREAST MILK. DOCTOR KAREN JOHNSON HAS OUR MEDICAL REPORT...
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Keywords

BABIES
REACTION
DANGEROUS
ALLERGY
BABY
KIDS
CHILDREN
HEALTH
MEDICAL
MOM
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