When the pediatrician allows to enter a feeding up to the child, it acquaints mom with the list of vegetables and fruit which can cause allergies. In the list of these products pumpkin does not appear. In the majority of recommendations it goes as a product hypoallergenic. But occasionally disturbing messages of mothers that the kid after introduction to a feeding up of pumpkin had allergy symptoms are distributed.
Whether pumpkin can cause allergies
Pumpkin contains so many useful substances and vitamins that it can be considered the leader among other vegetables and fruit though in fact it is berry. Its gentle cellulose is ideal for dietary food of the child. Purees and porridges with pumpkin are tasty, and children eat them with pleasure. There is a wish to feed quicker the child with this tasty and very useful product.
Though for most of kids pumpkin a product harmless, but useful will be to show care. Especially it concerns children at whom allergic reactions in the form of diathesis or atopic dermatitis were already shown.
In what cause of an allergy to pumpkin
It is considered that two factors can cause allergies to pumpkin: the increased maintenance of carotinoids and squirrels of f225 – individual allergen of pumpkin. Carotinoids increase immunity, well affect sight, are natural antioxidants, participate in production of vitamin A. But, collecting in an organism, these two components can be responsible for an allergy. Protein of f225 is individual allergen. And if the child has an intolerance of this protein, then the organism will begin to develop intensively antibodies on alien protein. As a result consumption of pumpkin will cause typical allergic reaction in the kid: rash, reddening of skin, itch. Whether
pumpkin is always guilty
If you gave to the child pumpkin puree from banks and after that noticed allergy symptoms, analyze structure of components which enter a product. The reason can be in them. Pumpkin accumulates chemicals from fertilizers. If unfair producers abused them at cultivation, then concentration can be high. Then the cause of an allergy not in pumpkin, and in operation these chemicals. Anyway it needs to be found out. To define individual intolerance of protein of f225 pumpkin do blood test. It will reveal existence of antibodies on this protein. If manifestations of an allergy are insignificant, then in house conditions it is also possible to find out whether pumpkin is guilty of it. Usually reaction is shown within several hours. Having noticed symptoms, remove pumpkin from a diet. In a month enter pumpkin dishes again. At the same time do not use can puree. It is desirable to make independently puree from the pumpkin which is grown up without use of chemical fertilizers. If symptoms appeared again, so pumpkin is guilty. Because of unreasonable fears you should not deprive of the child of this tasty and useful product. It is necessary to enter only correctly and carefully it into a feeding up. There is no need to feed daily with the child's pumpkin only because it is very useful. In everything the measure is good.