Cow's Milk Protein Allergy (or CMPA) is the most common infant food allergy affecting 3% - 7% of infants worldwide.
Cow's Milk Protein Allergy is an immune system response to one or both of the proteins, Casein & Whey.  It is not to be confused with Lactose Intolerance which is the inability to digest the carbohydrate (milk sugar) found in all mammals' milk, including human breast milk.

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Welcome to CMPA Support.

For every aspect of managing CMPA, and associated food allergies and intolerances.

CMPA support is a small charity which is run by parents, for parents of babies and children with food allergies and intolerances. We understand like no medical professionals can, about the daily struggle of living with food allergies, intolerances and the management of exclusion diets.

We're here to help and support you through your journey with CMPA and asociated food allergies and intolerances, to help make your life a little less lonely, a little more bearable and a lot more fun!

Please Follow our campaigns on Facebook and Twitter, we endevour to keep you upto date with all the latest news on allergy related topics including the newest free from alternatives to every day foods such as cheese and chocolate!

We are currently raising funds to create a more comprehensive website, and to allow us to have a telephone support line and forum. Until that time you can join one of our support groups on Facebook or contact us and one of our volunteers or our registered dietitian Mel Rendall will answer your query and assist you in any way we can.

CMPA Support currently have four Facebook support groups for parent to parent support and advice;


Cows Milk Protein Allergy Support (@CMPAsupport) - General group


CMPA Support for Breast Feeding


CMPA Support for Weaning


CMPA Support for Reflux


The advice given by our volunteers, and the members in our group is based upon their own personal experience and should never replace that which you are given by your childs health care professional. All the information we provide on this website is accredited by our expert paediatric dietitian, however this should not replace a medical diagnosis. Please do not undertake any exclusion diets or change your baby’s formula without seeking medical advice first.

Symptoms

If you suspect your baby has CMPA, do you know what the symptoms to look out for are? Are you confused by the difference between an allergy and intolerance? What about lactose intolerance and IgE allergies and non IgE allergies? We have tried to cover everything in the simplest terms on our symptoms page.

Diagnosis

Do you suspect your child has CMPA? Are you’re struggling to get a diagnosis?
Our diagnosis page is armed with all the information you might need to help you and your child’s health care professional reach a diagnosis.

Management

Managing an exclusion diet is a challenge! We have brought together all the information you may need and put it on our management page. You will find downladable PDF's of ingridents to avoid, links to useful websites including Allergy UK files. And also links to products to help with the management of the condition.

Weaning

Weaning can be a stressfull time for any baby, but for a baby with CMPA it is even more so. We have created this page to help you to learn to introduce foods in a safe and easy way. Our support group is a must for this stage!

"Free From" Food


The hardest thing about avoiding milk protein (and other food proteins) is that it's added in to so many foods! Surprisingly there are many dairy and other allergen free foods to be found amongst the "ordinary food" in the supermarket, as well as some excellent alternatives for things like cheese, chocolate and Ice cream!

Recipes

We've adapted lots of recipes, and found sites where you can find allergy friendly recipes and put them all in one place! If you have adapted or created any of your own recipes that you would like to share, please contact us!

News
We are delighted to announce that we have recruited a specialist paediatric dietitian Melanie Rendall.
(25/02/13)


Mel studied at Nottingham University where she completed an Undergraduate Masters Degree in Dietetics, and trained in a number of different hospitals across the North of England.
Since graduating, Mel worked as an Acute Dietitian for Imperial NHS Trust in London with adults, and then as a Community Paediatric Dietitian in Islington, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea. Mel worked mainly in the areas of Allergy, "Fussy Eating" and Failure to Thrive, as well as completing a Masters qualification in Childhood Obesity.
Mel currently works as a Specialist Paediatric Dietitian in a North West London hospital, with a mixture of outpatient clinics, ward work and tube fed children out in the community. A large proportion of the children referred to her clinic have allergies - meaning Mel is the perfect advisor for CMPA Support!


Mel will be popping in to our Facebook group to give information about nutritional matters and the CMPA Support Facebook page will be hosting monthly live chats on various topics related to CMPA and exclusion diets. You can also ask her a diet related question via our contact for in the about us section.
The world's biggest ever study of allergies - spearheaded by the University of Manchester - officially gets underway today.
(22/03/13)


The €9million project builds on an earlier €14.3 million research study and will involve the worlds leading experts in the UK, Europe, Australia and US. Together they mark the biggest study of food allergy in the world.

Up to 20 million European citizens suffer from food allergy. However management of both food allergy, by patients and health practitioners, and allergens, by industry, is thwarted by lack of evidence to either prevent food allergy developing or protect adequately those who are already allergic. European Commission-sponsored research, known as the Integrated Approaches to Food Allergen and Allergy Risk Management (iFAAM), will produce a standardised management process for companies involved in food manufacturing. It will also develop tools designed to enforce these regulations and produce evidence-based knowledge to inform new health advice on nutrition for pregnant women, babies and allergy sufferers.


The Manchester team will work with 38 partners including, industrial stakeholders (represented by Unilever and Eurofins), continue reading...