The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
This article is a stub. The only citations appear to be to an unpublished thesis dissertation (by KJ Wade), with a link that no longer functions, and a very general description of allergy symptoms that does not specifically address cross-reactivity between milk allergy and soy allergy. I will say in fairness that this article does garner about 400 views a month, and that an internet search on the title yields numerous website presentations/discussions on milk soy protein intolerance, abbreviated as MSPI. A better article would get rid of the food lists and the symptom lists and focus on evidence for prevalence of dual allergy, and whether that is based on cross-reactivity of milk and soy proteins. However, I did not find MEDRS quality research on either of these avenues. Kattan JD (2011) PMID21453810 is the best possible citation. As an alternative I have added content to Milk allergy and to Soy allergy, touching on the evidence for cross-reactivity, citing Kattan. Can this article become a redirect? David notMD (talk) 01:13, 13 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comments (1) The citation to the dissertation would still be valid without the link; it can always be cited as a printed document, so the link is just for convenience. (2) If kept, the article ought to be renamed; I figured it was talking about intolerance of protein in soy milk, not intolerance of protein in milk and in soy products. Nyttend (talk) 00:57, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As the nominator, I am comfortable with this becoming a redirect to the section within the Milk allergy article that deals with cross-reactivity to soy. In answer to Nyttend's comment - No, the concept really is that people, especially infants and young children, who manifest an allergy to milk will also be allergic to soy. Kattan estimated 2-3% of infants will have cow's milk allergy and 10% of those also soy. David notMD (talk) 02:28, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
But is it intolerance of "milk soy" protein? Or is it intolerance of milk protein and of soy protein? Nyttend (talk) 04:18, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The latter. "Soy milk" is a soy product which contains no cow's milk. People can have allergic responses to that. But the article in question is about being allergic to cow's milk proteins AND soy proteins. David notMD (talk) 11:47, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
That's what I thought. If kept, the article ought to be renamed, because it looks like it's talking about intolerance of "milk soy" protein. Nyttend (talk) 05:44, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Killiondude (talk) 07:58, 20 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
To Nyttend: I suppose "Milk and soy protein intolerance" would be clearer and still be the acronym MSPI, but internet searches find many users of "Milk soy protein intolerance" and none of those are about soy milk protein intolerance. The "and" is understood. David notMD (talk) 12:44, 21 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
If there is a decision to delete, then a disambiguation at MSPI needs to be removed, too. David notMD (talk) 10:45, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as unreferenced. You can be allergic / intolerant to anything. We do not need an article on all allergies. Redirect to food intoleranceDoc James (talk · contribs · email) 09:54, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
