Harmful Chemicals and Drugs in Breast Milk

1981 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 279-283
Author(s):  
David S. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Anticancer Drugs ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Antithyroid Drugs ◽  
Lactating Women ◽  
Antiinfective Agents ◽  
Alternative Drugs

The pediatrician should be aware of the fact that nearly all drugs used in the therapy of lactating women may be found in varying amounts in breast milk. Mothers who must take antithyroid drugs, chloramphenicol, lithium, methadone, most anticancer drugs, radioactive pharmaceuticals and antiinfective agents such as the tetracyclines and metronidazole should not nurse their infants while receiving therapy. It has been our experience that in most instances safer alternative drugs may be selected after discussions with obstetricians, family physicians, and internists. The use of other drugs merits a certain degree of caution; nursing the infant before a dose is given may help to minimize exposure to the infant. Interruption of breast-feeding should be infrequent.

scholarly journals Breast-milk production in Australian women

1981 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rattigan ◽  
Ann V. Ghisalberti ◽  
P. E. Hartmann
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Milk Production ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Normal Values ◽  
Energy Content ◽  
Lactating Women ◽  
Breast Milk Production ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dietary Records ◽  
The Mean

1. Milk productions and 7d dietary records were determined on twenty-seven mothers who had been breast-feeding for 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 months.2. The mean milk productions for each group of mothers was 1.187, 1.238, 1.128, 0.884, 0.880 and 0.951 kg/24 h at 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 months of lactation respectively. There was no significant difference between two milk determinations 3–7 d apart on each mother or between the mean milk production of each group of mothers.3. Energy intakes of the infants was found to be higher than the usually-accepted values at 1 and 3 months of age but by 6 months were similar to the accepted normal values.4. Energy intakes of the mothers although greater than those recommended for similar non-lactating women were not sufficient to take into account the energy content of the milk.

scholarly journals Vitamin A and Breast-Feeding: A Comparison of Data from Developed and Developing Countries

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Newman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Breast Milk ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Human Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Lactating Women ◽  
Vitamin A Status ◽  
Sufficient Vitamin ◽  
Liver Storage

The vitamin A status of lactating women, its effect on the vitamin A content of human milk, and the adequacy of human milk as a source of vitamin A for the infant were assessed, comparing data from developing countries with those from developed countries. The vitamin A concentration in breast milk during the first two weeks of lactation is nearly double that at one month. It is even higher in preterm milk than in term milk during the first several months. Human milk alone provides sufficient vitamin A to prevent clinical deficiency throughout the first 12 months of life, even in presumably more poorly nourished populations in developing countries. However, it is not sufficient to allow liver storage after about six months of lactation.

THE STUDY ON SITUATON OF EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS IN HOI AN

2016 ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen ◽  
Hoang Lan Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽  
Multivariable Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Exclusive Breast Feeding ◽  
Key Words Breast ◽  
Breastfeeding Rate ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Background: Breast milk is the most valuable source of food for infants, no food is comparable. However in many countries around the world including Vietnam, the breastfeeding prevalence has been declining. A report of the Ministry of Health showed that only 19.6% of infants in Vietnam were exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months. The study was conducted in Hoi An with the aim at describing the situation of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of the mothers in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province and; identifying some factors affecting exclusive breast feeding for the first 6 months in the study area. Methods: A crosssectional descriptive study was conducted in Hoi An city in December 2014. 516 mothers of infants aged from 6 to 12 months were directly interviewed on the basis of a structured questionnaire. Information about general characteristics of mothers and their infants, their knowledge and attitude of breastfeeding and the feeding types of their baby for the first 6 months was collected. Multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months. Results: The exclusive breastfeeding prevalence for the first 6 months is 22.3%. Knowledge in breastfeeding and attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months are factors that significantly related to exclusive breastfeeding prevalence for the first 6 months (OR = 3.3; p=0.001 and OR=10.4; p<0.001, respectively). Conclusion: The exclusive breastfeeding rate for the first 6 months in Hoi An city is low. The promoting antenatal education in exclusive breastfeeding is necessary solution to improve exclusive breastfeeding rate for the first 6 months. Key words: breast milk, exclusive breastfeeding, Hoi An

Letters to the Editor

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 95 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-617
Author(s):  
Marsha Walker
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Breast Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Practice Parameter ◽  
Letters To The Editor ◽  
Term Newborn ◽  
Breast Fed

I read with interest the report by the Provisional Committee for Quality Improvement and Subcommittee on Hyperbilirubinemia (Pediatrics 1994;94:558-565) entitled, "Practice Parameter: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Healthy Term Newborn." I wish to make a couple of comments on jaundice and the breast-fed newborn. It was gratifying to see recommendations discouraging the interruption of breast-feeding and eliminating the use of supplemental water or dextrose and water in this situation. Many jaundiced breast-fed newborns simply need more breast milk, ie, more feedings and a check to see that the newborn is swallowing milk at breast.

Levels of Total Antioxidant Capacity, sCD14, and TGF-β2 in Breast Milk Plasma of HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Lactating Women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Mabaya ◽  
Hilda Tendisa Matarira ◽  
Donald Moshen Tanyanyiwa ◽  
Cuthbert Musarurwa ◽  
Johannes Mukwembi
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Total Antioxidant Capacity ◽  
Lactating Women ◽  
Total Antioxidant

Breast-feeding and Diarrheal Morbidity

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 874-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry M. Popkin ◽  
Linda Adair ◽  
John S. Akin ◽  
Robert Black ◽  
John Briscoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Milk Diet ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Environmental Causes ◽  
Diarrheal Morbidity

This study used a unique longitudinal survey of more than 3000 mother-infant pairs observed from pregnancy through infancy. The sample is representative of infants from the Cebu region of the Philippines. The sequencing of breast-feeding and diarrheal morbidity events was carefully examined in a longitudinal analysis which allowed for the examination of age-specific effects of feeding patterns. Because the work controlled for a wide range of environmental causes of diarrhea, the results can be generalized to other populations with some confidence. The addition to the breast-milk diet of even water, teas, and other nonnutritive liquids doubled or tripled the likelihood of diarrhea. Supplementation of breast-feeding with additional nutritive foods on liquids further increased significantly the risk of diarrhea; most benefits of breast-feeding alone on in combination with nutritive foods/liquids became small during the second half of infancy. Benefits of breast-feeding were slightly greater in urban environments.

Otitis Media in Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-168
Author(s):  
Ralph L. Rothstein
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Middle Ear ◽  
Recumbent Position ◽  
Breast Fed

Dr. Bland found an increase in otitis media in bottle-fed versus breast-fed infants. He speculates that this may be due to transfer of IgA in breast milk. Another possibility is that the increased incidence of otitis is due to positional differences between bottle- and breast-feeding. Bottle babies are often fed in the recumbent position which promotes entry of milk into the eustachian tubes and the middle ear, whereas the anatomy of the maternal breast requires that the infant's head be vertical during feeding. This concept of positional otitis has been recently reviewed.

Drugs and Breast Milk

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-148
Author(s):  
JOAN S. DORFMAN
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Human Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Maternal Medication ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Nonnarcotic Analgesics

To the Editor.— I have just reviewed the the article, "Transfer of Drugs and Other Chemicals Into Human Milk," from the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs, which appeared in the November issue of Pediatrics.1 I would appreciate further information on a change that has appeared since the previous publication in the September, 1983 issue of Pediatrics.2 Naproxen has been deleted from the current table of maternal medication usually compatible with breast-feeding under the category "narcotics, nonnarcotic analgesics, anti-inflammatory agents."

Hospital Maternal Care Is Disruptive

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-295
Author(s):  
Justin D. Call
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Maternal Care ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Of Life

"Breast-Feeding: Second Thoughts" by Gerrard,1 sets forth epidemiologic and immunological data on human and other mammalian species showing that colostrum and breast milk actively protect the infant from enterocolitis and respiratory infections when breast-feeding is begun immediately after birth and continued through at least most of the first year of life. Gerrard hypothesizes that breast-feeding provides a smooth transition for the baby from being entirely dependent on the mother for nutritional and immunological requirements to being completely independent from her.

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