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A 5 Month Old Suffering From Asthma
Hi Doc, We have problem regarding my 5 months old Grand daughter. she never drank milk from bottle feed a month ago, she drank in breast feed from her Mom and eat cereals' for her every days diet. Now, she's on the hospital suffering having an asthma. Is there any problem to give her a cereals' at her age? Please give me an advise what the best we can do. Thanks,
Neil Vince Clenuar
Philippines
Neil Vince Clenuar
Philippines
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Sat, 15 Mar 2014
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in my experience this is milk allergy as I have large cases like this
as the milk gets passed through lactation from mother to child and lactose intolerant child gets asthma
stopping all diary and milk by mother or additional milk and diary to child along with med can help in this case
as the milk gets passed through lactation from mother to child and lactose intolerant child gets asthma
stopping all diary and milk by mother or additional milk and diary to child along with med can help in this case
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