<<I don't know what the pathway should be called that responds to antigens
applied locally to the skin of the breast from the baby's mouth.
Entero-mammary means from the mother's gut to her breast.>>-Rachel from
Norway...

I call this specific immune response the "diathelic immune response" - a term
given me by a local RN/IBCLC who has said that the term was used "ages ago"
in nursing text books.  No reference of course!  But I like the term as it
sounds so medically important- but for mother and baby, it is important
simply because it is just another extra added protection provided by the
physical act of breastfeeding.

Lisa Jones in sunny Wellington FL

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