| Literature DB >> 2649758 |
Abstract
Breastfeeding is an important opportunity for both mother and infant. There are nutritional, immunologic, infection protection, and psychological reasons to preserve lactation when illness intervenes. The internist will have patients with acute self-limited disease who are breastfeeding and patients with chronic long-term illness who wish to breastfeed their infants. The internist will need to consider the breastfeeding and the infant when planning treatment. The risk of treatment to the infant versus the great benefits of breastfeeding in most cases will support continuing breastfeeding. This article discusses the key considerations in managing the lactating woman with an illness.Entities:
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Biology; Breast Feeding--beneficial effects; Breast Feeding--indications; Delivery Of Health Care; Diabetes Mellitus; Diseases; Drugs--administraction and dosage; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Health; Health Personnel; Heart Diseases; Hiv Infections; Hypertension; Infant Nutrition; Infections; Lactation; Maternal Physiology; Mothers; Nutrition; Parents; Physicians; Physiology; Treatment; Vascular Diseases; Viral Diseases
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2649758 DOI： 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30659-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Clin North Am ISSN： 0025-7125 Impact factor: 5.456