Breastfeeding may be smooth, or may encounter various problems. Mothers often because of their physical causes, shake the determination to continue to breast. But the fact that we learn from La Leche League International is: most of the disease as long as the mother properly, will not give up breastfeeding causes. Even if AIDS mothers breastfeeding can also be carried out through the proper channel.
Here, we have listed some of the more common symptoms, let science perspective of disease, understand the impact of these diseases on milk, rational choice of whether to continue breastfeeding and breastfeeding.
Cold, flu:
* Has already made the immune factors in breast milk transmission to infants, even if the infant infections or lighter than mother\'s symptoms.
* Having to weaning, general drugs has no impact on breastfeeding. Before you take medicine nursing, medicine within half an hour after breastfeeding. Note drink plenty of water, add body fluids.
* Good hygiene, wash and less on child respiratory, may wear a mask to prevent infection.
Food poisoning (diarrhoea, vomiting):
* General intestinal infection does not affect the breast without weaning, attention to drink plenty of water.
* In extremely rare cases, diarrhea caused by bacteria have entered the mother\'s blood and in breast milk, need to take antibiotics, you can temporarily stop breastfeeding, breast swelling in scheduled milking in order to avoid. After the illness may continue to nurse.
Hepatitis a in:
* Comparative acute hepatitis a incidence, the mother may be ill in bed, not breastfeeding, consider temporarily stops feeding, regular milking.
* United States society for pediatric infectious diseases Committee recommended intramuscular injection of a standard needle immunoglobulin to the baby, breastfeeding can be business as usual, antibodies in breast milk may protect the baby from infection.
Hepatitis b:
* If the mother is infected with HBV during pregnancy, birth due to contact with mother body fluids may have become infected.
* United States society for pediatric infectious diseases Committee recommended birth within 12 hours after the injection of strong immune hepatitis b immunoglobulin, followed by injection three times in a row against hepatitis b, can be normal for breastfeeding.
Diabetes:
* Breastfeeding for mothers with diabetes, there are special benefits:
1, to ease the pressure of breastfeeding, breastfeeding hormones secreted by the mother when more relaxed;
2, studies show that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of babies affected adult diabetes;
3, when nursing secretion of hormones and consumes additional calories will reduce secretion of breast milk mother needed insulin dosage;
4, breastfeeding can effectively alleviate the symptoms of diabetes, many mothers in lactation conditions part or all of the better.
* Insulin and breastfeeding does not conflict because the insulin molecule is too large, unable to permeability breast, oral insulin in gastrointestinal tract distance is destroyed, cannot enter breast milk, so fully breastfeeding diabetic mother.
* Due to susceptible to various pathogens in patients with diabetes, to strictly observe during breastfeeding blood glucose levels, especially pay attention to personal hygiene, especially protect the nipple from infection.
Resistance of thyroid function:
Mothers taking suppression of anti-drugs, if you find that the baby\'s thyroid levels, consideration could be given to the baby taking thyroid enhancement drugs.
Need laser treatment of mothers, should temporarily stop breastfeeding, breast swelling in scheduled milking in order to avoid, after the end of the course, level of inspection of radioactive substances in the milk, normal can continue breastfeeding. Weaned after 4 months is also able to do so for the time being some mother milk again.
Mastitis:
Last routine case of mastitis, immediately recommended weaning. But experience has proved that, if the breast does not become too mellow, mastitis will recover faster and also reduce the risk of develop into breast ulcer. Even temporary weaned, for a sick mother, is an ordeal. For babies, and antibodies in breast milk to protect him from pathogen infection.
In almost all cases, a sinus blockage or mastitis of milk had a mother, for yourself and your baby the best things you can do, is to continue breastfeeding, breastfeeding and should be more frequently to feed, to alleviate the symptoms.
