Thousands of babies are being wrongly diagnosed with milk allergy because of a ‘perfect storm’ of flawed GP guidance and parents’ increasing paranoia about food allergies, experts have warned.
Researchers now estimate that up to 74 per cent of diagnoses of milk allergies could be wrong.
The study, which involved 1,300 babies, noted that the diagnosis guidelines used by doctors mistook common problems in childhood for milk allergies – such as excessive crying, regurgitating milk and loose stools.
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