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Date: | Fri, 6 Jun 1997 07:24:11 -0500 |
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The answer to breastfeeding when a mother is positive for Hepatitis C is
not yet clear. There are small studies available, previously posted,
which suggest that there is *no* increased risk for the baby when the
mother breastfeeds. This makes sense, as it is difficult to imagine a
baby being born without swallowing some blood, so that the infection of
the baby probably occurs at birth or before.
Cytomegalovirus is a problem for the infant only when the mother is
infected during the first trimester. Why would the mother's milk having
CMV be a problem while nursing? Usually, CMV causes only mild or even
inapparent illness in the small baby or older.
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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