Trujillo PPM, Ortega SJR

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: prevalence of cow's milk protein allergy is 1 to 12 % worldwide. Health professional did not have any suspicion of this problem, so diagnosis and treatment delay. Diagnosis is mostly clinical. The allergen suppression test and the favorable clinical response is the most accepted diagnostic method. Case presentation: a three years-old male patient who had family pathological history of atopy and also personal history of having been born preterm and low birth weight. He was breast-fed but he also took food supplements early and presented with digestive symptoms after taking cow's milk, which was diagnosed as lactose intolerance, so it was prescribed to eliminate this drug. After some months, the patient was given milk products again and then he presented with anaphylaxis in that occasion and the diagnosis was cow's milk protein allergy. It was then indicated that the child should be breastfed and given soy formula. For several months after this diagnosis, the infant had postprandial vomiting that affected his pondostatural development. Conclusions: detection and diagnosis of this disorder is frequently delayed at the primary health care. The soy milk formula is not prescribed for patients aged less than 6 months and with digestive symptoms; the above-mentioned resulted in worsening of the patient's health due to persistence of symptoms and nutritional effects.