Cow's milk as a cause of infantile colic in breast-fed infants.
18 mothers of 19 breast-fed infants with infantile colic were put on a diet free of cow's-milk protein. The colic disappeared promptly from 13; in 12, it reappeared on at least two further indirect challenges (in the form of a diet containing cow's milk to the mother). Most infants became symptom-free at age 2 to 4 months; at 4 months, only 4 reacted with colic when the mother took cow's milk. 5 infants were directly challenged with cow's milk; 4 reacted promptly with colic. Other signs of intolerance to cow's-milk protein developed in 3 infants during weaning. The treatment of infantile colic in breast-fed infants by a diet free of cow's milk for the mother appears worthwhile.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002417:Cattle; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008895:Milk, Human
D008894:Milk Proteins