Jeanette wrote:
>I have just gotten a telephone call from a Nutritionist out on the island
>here in Puerto Rico.  There is a 6 year old child hospitalized and in a
>coma for the last 3 weeks who has been unable to tolerate any food for many
>weeks.  She states the child is immunosuppressed according to the reports
>>from the MD´s and they are all at their wit´s end.
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   They
>understand that it would be best not to use processed milk as this child
>needs the live cells.
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>The docs want information on the benefits of breast milk for people who are
>immunosuppressed.  Of course, my concern is that if the child is
>immunosuppressed, she may also receive bacteria or viruses which may cause
>more illness - boy, what a Catch-22 situation!

Also, would graft-vs-host disease be a consideration here if the breastmilk
contains live cells?

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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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