Milk allergy increasing in prevalence and persistence

Monday, 21 December 2009 14:41

There appears to be an increasing prevalence and persistence of cow's milk allergy. A study involving seventy-nine children in Portugal was conducted to characterise a population of children whose cow’s milk allergy has persisted beyond two years of age. The mean age of the children when they first exhibited allergy symptom was 3 months. Results showed 53% of the study group had a family history of atopy. By the age of 10 years, 44% of children were found to still have cow's milk allergy.

The paper can currently be downloaded from: www.elsevier.es/ficheros/eop/S0301-0546(09)00052-4.pdf

Reference: Dias A, et al. 2009. Allergologia et Immunopathologia (Madrid).Doi:10.1016/j.aller.2009.07.005