Pregnancy and Food Allergy
In a newborn allergic (in which one
or more family members have a food allergy) risk, you must:
Before birth:
- Advise the mother to stop smoking
as well as family members living at home,
- Evict pets (especially cats)
- Prepare the child well ventilated,
- Recommend the mother to avoid
taking allergenic foods (see FOOD ALLERGY, FOOD ALLERGEN) especially eggs,
peanuts for the last 4 or 5 months of pregnancy.
During the period following the
birth:
- No milk supplementation in
pregnancy (the dangerous bottle)
- To encourage breast-feeding up to
5 or 6 months, if not use a substitute for milk (casein hydrolyzate or soy)
- In the breastfeeding mother,
discouraged the taking of eggs, peanuts and spices.
Until the age of 2 years:
- Avoid PASSIVE SMOKING,
- Try to reduce airborne mite action
(house dust, animal dander) (see MITES)
- Avoid solid foods before 6 months,
- No egg, no fish before 1 year
- No seed or peanuts before age 6,
- Avoid
collective crèche.
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