Asthma inhalers may pose risks in the milk-allergic child.

Publication: Child Health Alert

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Lactose is a sugar that comes from cow's milk, and it is commonly used as an inactive ingredient in many medicines, including some inhalers that are used by children with asthma. Children with asthma may also be allergic to milk, which means they are allergic to the proteins in milk, not the milk sugar (lactose). However, if a child has a very severe form of milk allergy, his or her parents...

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