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Vicki posted about an article on the appendix and quoted:
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>> In less-developed countries, where the appendix may be still
>> useful, the
> rate of appendicitis is lower than in the United States, other studies
> have shown, Parker said."
I recall a study by Italian researcher A. Pisacane that found that
babies breastfed for shorter durations were more prone to later
appendicitis than those breastfed for longer periods.
Pisacane, A et al. "Breastfeeding and acute appendicitis" BMJ 1995;
310:836-837
From Pisacane's article:
"Our data indicate that children with acute appendicitis were less
likely than controls to have been breast fed for a prolonged length
of time.
There are several reasons why prolonged breast feeding may be
associated with a decreased risk of acute appendicitis. The immune
components of human milk provide an antigen avoidance system that can
decrease the severity of infection and probably the inflammatory
reactions associated with it.5 This milder inflammatory response
could programme the immune system of the infant, its effects lasting
for several years, and it could be associated with a more tolerant
lymphoid tissue at the base of the appendix. Alternatively, prolonged
breast feeding may be a marker of some unknown socioeconomic
characteristic that could be associated with a low risk of illness.
Acute appendicitis may represent another case in which the infant
environment is an important determinant of adult disease, even if our
data generate rather than test a hypothesis and need to be confirmed
by further research."
Read the study at http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/310/6983/836
"Prolonged" breastfeeding still wasn't that long. What if they would
look at babies breastfed the recommended amount of exclusive for
around 6 months, then continuing for another 1 - 2 or more years with
the addition of appropriate complementary foods? Then we might see a
dramatic difference.
Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC, LLLL
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