Doctors fail to spot thousands of babies with milk allergies leaving thousands with eczema, vomiting and colic

Too many GPs ignorant about condition and write off symptoms as nothing serious Cows milk allergy occurs when body launches immune response to protein in cows milk Cow's milk allergy takes five months for CMA to be correctly diagnosed

By Beezy Marsh and Stephen Adams for The Mail on Sunday

Published: 16:05 EST, 13 September 2014 | Updated: 02:44 EST, 14 September 2014

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Thousands of babies are suffering from eczema, vomiting and colic because doctors are failing to recognise they are allergic to cows milk, a new campaign claims today.

Too many GPs are ignorant about the condition and write off symptoms as nothing serious, according to the charity Allergy UK.

But it can leave children needing treatment for weeping eczema, sores, reflux, vomiting, facial swelling and breathing difficulties.

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Doctors fail to spot thousands of babies with milk allergies leaving thousands with eczema, vomiting and colic