Title: Infants and Allergies: What Should Parents Watch For? - Allergy Center - Everyday Health
Headings: Infants and Allergies: What Should Parents Watch For?
Infants and Allergies: What Should Parents Watch For?
Infant Allergies to Foods
Child Allergies to Environmental Allergens
If You Suspect Child Allergies
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Content: As a child's immune system matures, some food allergies will go away on their own. " About 85 percent of children outgrow food allergies to milk, egg, soy, or wheat by age 5," says Renner. Allergies that are more likely to persist in later years include fish, shellfish, and nuts. Child Allergies to Environmental Allergens
By the time your baby reaches toddlerhood, at about 18 months, you may see sensitivity to indoor and outdoor allergens show up. Symptoms can include itchy nose and eyes, nasal congestion, coughing, sneezing, and asthma. The most common causes of toddler allergies are: Dust mites
Outdoor pollens
Molds
Pets
Cockroaches
Children are less likely to outgrow environmental allergies than food allergies. While about 50 percent of children who have asthma symptoms caused by allergies appear to outgrow their symptoms by adolescence, when their lungs have matured, the asthma never really goes away, and symptoms often reappear. If You Suspect Child Allergies
According to Renner, most of the traditional, allergy-type symptoms, such as a rash or nasal congestion, when experienced by a very young child, are not due to an allergy. " If babies have allergy symptoms when new foods are introduced or if a parent suspects toddler allergies, the parent should start with a visit to their pediatrician ," she says.