The
doctors are witnessing a disturbing trend that parents refusing vitamin K for new born. This could lead to
internal bleeding of the intestines or the brain.
The
slow down
Vitamin
K is an important nutrient, which helps the body in blood clot formation. It is
generally established in the digestive system of older babies or even adults,
and not infants. But the sad part is that breast milk does not produce
sufficient amount of vitamin K to cope up with the deficiencies of the same.
It
is not only brain bleeding, or gastrointestinal issues, babies who are prone to
vitamin K deficiency is going to have heaps of blood in their stool. To ensure
that the babies are healthy for example in the United States it is mandatory
for a baby to have a vitamin K shot after a baby is born.
The
reasons for refusal of new born vitaminK is more of a myth. There does exist a strong correlation between
leukaemia and vitamin K shot, but this has been a scope of debate. This was a
similar situation that did emerge between autism and MMR scan. The simple fact
is that if you are refusing the shot, you are simply playing with the life of
your child. Studies point that when vitamin K deficiencies tends to occur in
babies, it has got to do with the parents of refusal shots of it.
The
up shot
It
is a common practice among parents to ignore natural birthing experiences. This
is from saying a no to an epidural to taking the baby home without
administering vaccines. The parents do think that this is normal, but to ensure
a healthy experience it is better to pose a lot of questions to the doctors and
as much as possible obtain information from authentic sources. If you are
thinking on the lines of refusing vaccinations, then be aware of the negatives
associated with it. The benefits also should be studied in details. Then embark
a decision on your own, and do not merely follow what the other parents are
doing.
What
about getting the dose of vitamin K from breast milk and other food sources
As
the vitamin K is not known to pass through the placenta, this deficiency is
going to last even if you supplement yourself with vitamin K during pregnancy.
As this vitamin does not pass over to the breast milk, this deficiency tends to
be all the more common in babies who are exclusively breastfeed. Oral
supplementation of vitamin K has been tried but has proved to be a failure. The
reason of it is that it has turned out to be that effective or for the matter
safe. Side effects could result and this could point to the injection site. The
silver lining is that side effects on a serious note are pretty much on the
rarer side. Most of the health care providers are going to allow you to nurse
the baby when vitamin K shot is provided.
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