Possibilities of diet therapy with the use of an adapted goat's milk-based formula in infants with atopic dermatitis
The use of a wide complex of specialized therapeutic and prophylactic products is not always sufficiently effective in treatment of atopic dermatitis in infants. In the outpatient settings, 177 infants having atopic dermatitis with various levels of severity were examined and observed, of whom 117 received a goat's milk-based product «Nanny Classic», 32 - therapeutic formulas based on extensive hydrolysates of cow's milk proteins and 28 - soya isolates-based formulas. In 96 of 117 patients who received «Nanny Classic», 1-3 wks after the intake began, hyperemia, itching, rash, desquamation and skin weeping disappeared. In a dynamic examination of total and allergen-specific IgG- and IgE antibodies to cow's milk proteins conducted 1.5-2 months afterwards in infants receiving the «Nanny Classic» formula, decrease of the above antibodies to cow's milk and soya proteins, casein and β-lactoglobulin was observed. Proceeding from these results, a conclusion might be made that in patients with atopic dermatitis substitution of one product for another taking into account their clinical and immunologic efficacy would permit to optimize diet therapy in infants of the first year of life. The adapted goat's milk-based formula «Nanny» might be recommended as a dietetic product for infants with allergy to cow's milk proteins.