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Ken began to develop an itchy, red rash on his face when he was just two months old. The condition had worsened by the time he was four months old. Poor baby Ken was miserable, always crying and rubbing and scratching his face. Since Ken’s parents had actually been through this before with their older son R.J., this time they knew just what to do. “Since his older brother R.J. had the same...

One of the things we’ve learned at Neocate is that many families usually go through a long and daunting process before discovering their fussy and inconsolable little one has a cow milk allergy (CMA). The road to an official diagnosis can stir feelings of confusion. To help educate more parents and caregivers on the symptoms of CMA, Nutricia North America is unrolling our new Could it Be A Milk Allergy infographic. Could it...

Patient History: A month after Christina and Tim brought their daughter Eva home from the hospital they noticed she had developed a horrible diaper rash. She showed continuous colic like symptoms such as uncontrollable crying and spitting up. Eva cried frantically and was miserable, she was spitting up and in pain that caused her to arch her back. “We couldn’t do anything and felt very helpless,” says Christina. Nutritional Management and Outcome: Eva’s...

Patient History: Within the first two months of birth, baby Jude suffered from weeping eczema and severe reflux. Jude stayed up all night itching and couldn’t sleep or eat. Formulas like Similac Advance and Nutramigen as well as topical cream for eczema didn’t do much to improve his symtpoms. “He was miserable and it was hard to see him so uncomfortable eating,” says mom Paige. Nutritional Management and Outcome: Parents Paige and Andrew...

...the doctor, who removes the patches and assesses skin irritation (redness and swelling), which may indicate an allergy to the substance applied at that site. Advantages: Patch testing can be especially useful in diagnosing delayed allergic reactions, non-IgE-mediated food allergies, eosinophilic esophagitis, food allergy-related gastrointestinal symptoms, and food allergy-related atopic dermatitis. With these types of food allergies, offending foods are often difficult to pinpoint and are often not detected by other types of allergy testing....