Description
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Cow & Gate Instant Carobel is a natural food thickener for special medical purposes such as infant vomiting, for posseting when no organic cause is known and for recurring vomiting. The Instant Carobel can be added directly to a bottlefed baby’s feed or given from a spoon as a thick gel.
- For thickening feeds
- Can be used in habitual or recurrent vomitting
- Suitable for full term infants, children and adults
- How To Use
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- Suitable for full term infants, children and adults.
- Not recommended for preterm or low birthweight infants as there is no clinical data available to support its use with these infants. Only to be used under medical supervision.
- Follow the instructions for preparation and use carefully
- Carobel is not suitable as a sole source of nutrition.
- Thickened feeds are not usually helpful in obstructive lesions, such as pyloric stenosis, or in gastroenteritis. V. When introducing Cow & Gate Instant Carobel to a galactosaemic infant, the red cell galactose-1-phosphate content should be monitored.
- A minority of infants receiving the product may pass frequent loose stools. In this situation, withdraw the product from the diet until stools are back to normal. Reintroduce Cow & Gate Instant Carobel gradually, increasing the quantity according to individual tolerance.
- Cow & Gate Instant Carobel requires 3–4 minutes to thicken. Additional Cow & Gate Instant Carobel should only be added after this time to avoid over-thickening.
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