Hi Martha,
No guru here, just a nuclear nerd. :-)
I have been unable to find a reference on Tc-99m and Green milk. I was a
bit prejudiced before the search, so I will tell you that I could not find
any because there is none :-) (hope the English is OK).
There is no radiophysical, radiochemical or chemical reason why Technetium
should turn milk green. Tc is not absorbed per se, rather the "vehicle" is,
and the vehicle is changed depending on the target organ. I think this mom
has some other issue that cold turn her milk greenish (other drug, pigment
or food she has taken lately). I don't think it is the Tc-99m.
Best regards,
Veronica Garea LLLL (and ME, Nuclear Engineering; PhD, Engineering Physics;
Nuclear Safety and Environmental Impact)
GALM Bariloche
IBFAN Bariloche - LLL Argentina
At 19:44 05/04/06, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 17:16:00 -0400
>From: =?windows-1252?Q?Martha_Hackney?= <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Green Milk after Technetium
>
>Hello Lactnet gurus.
>Although this is my first time posting, I have felt connected to you and=20=
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>have been learning so much from you for some time now.
>
>"Does anyone have access to information regarding or references regarding=
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>breast milk turning green after the mother has had Technetium (like=20
>thalium)?"
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>I am a PHN working on our Public Health Intake call line in Toronto,=20
>Ontario;we provide a lot of breastfeeding assessment and support to new=20=
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>mothers by telephone, as well as faciliate accessing direct support for=20=
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>mothers, as needed.=20
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>A team-mate received a call late this afternoon from a local physician wh=
>o=20
>was calling on behalf of his patient, who had technetium for a cardiac=20=
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>test more than 2 days ago. Apparently, the mother has already 'pumped an=
>d=20
>dumped' for more than the 48 hours recommended by Hale. A call to our=20=
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>local resource, Motherisk, confirmed that according to the information=20=
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>available to Motherisk, the mother should be able to resume breastfeeding=
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>now; and no additional info. At this point, the mother is reluctant to=20=
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>resume breastfeeding without further clarification and reassurance. Does=
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>anyone know anything that would further clarify this and reasssure this=20=
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>mother?
>
>Many thanks in advance for your collective wisdom.
>Martha
>
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