Understanding cow’s milk allergy in infants – Dr Helen Evans-Howells speaks on the Talking General Practice podcast
- 22 January 2024
- Healthcare News
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Chair of the Anaphylaxis UK’s Clinical and Scientific Panel, Dr Helen Evans-Howells, covers a bonus episode of Talking General Practice, a podcast from GP online. She talks to editor Emma Bower about how GPs and other health professionals can manage infants with signs of cow’s milk allergy and offers her advice on how to support parents.
Helen is a GP and allergy specialist, and runs the peanut immunotherapy clinic in Southampton Children’s Hospital. She also speaks from her own experience of cow’s milk allergy in her family.
In this episode, she talks about:
• the key symptoms of milk allergy
• the different types of formula that can be used
• when infants may need a referral
• when to do a rechallenge and reintroduce cow’s milk
• how to advise parents on weaning.
