Like any other food-containing allergen, the Natural way of exposure to milk is intake. However, milk proteins, both casein and whey proteins, can generate respiratory symptoms due to inhalationThis is especially important for all people who may be exposed to milk powder proteins. And among them especially children.
And is that the inhalation of chalk powder, material that is used to write on school boards and that may contain casein, can cause symptoms such as cow's milk allergy in children asthma or rhinoconjunctivitis during your stay at the school. This study was recently carried out by the Allergology of the Health Department of Marina Baixa to identify the risks of children allergic to dairy products.
The Spanish Association of Food Allergy (AEPNAA) indicates that in Spain the percentage of allergic to cow's milk in the first year of life is between 0.36% and 1.95% and occupies the third place in the Allergic pathologies behind egg and fish allergy. Although in most cases this allergy disappears during the first years of the child's life in some children remains.
And it is that in addition to food, also some medicines, paper, ink, glue and many others may contain proteins, caseins or seroproteins and cause allergic reactions in patients who are especially sensitive to them. In the case of chalk, casein is used as a binder to compact it and try to reduce dust emission.
In the study, 14 patients allergic to milk protein were analyzed and after performing skin and blood tests on children with milk proteins and with a chalk extract, it was found that a large percentage of casein allergies also showed positive results against chalk.
So we have to pay special attention to those of us who are allergic to cow's milk proteins because the inhalation of chalk dust that contains casein can cause asthma symptoms.
This information should be shared and disseminated among parents, teachers, the school community and healthcare professionals They take care of these allergies to facilitate prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
