Just to jump in with a question, really. Is there any research on the milk of
women who are exclusively breastfeeding and using dummies? Could it affect the
Na/K ratio of the milk ( a definition I have seen in a yet-to-be published paper
of sub-clinical mastitis)???? The reason this might be of interest is this
paper suggests that women with sub-clinical mastitis (as meassured by the
sodium/potassium ratio) who are also HIV+ may have a higher viral load in their
milk and so be more at risk of transmission of the virus. If this hypothesis is
true, would it hold for other infections????
I would love to hear of any research on this.
Magda Sachs
(who is NOT a virologist)
Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK
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