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Breastfeeding For Hiv Patients
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À la Carte -- 7. Pregnancy and BreastfeedingPregnancy If you are pregnant, good nutrition can help you have a healthier newborn. This is especially important if you are HIV positive because pregnant women with HIV are at higher risk of giving birth before they are due and having a newborn... Read more »
HIV-Positive Mothers in Uganda Resort to BreastfeedingA growing number of HIV-positive mothers in Uganda are breastfeeding their babies since UNICEF stopped donating free infant formula. Doctors implementing the nation's prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) project said on Aug. 7 that... Read more »
Longer, Stronger HIV Drug Regimen for Breastfeeding Women Cuts Mother-to-Child Transmission Rate, Study Finds"HIV infection rates among babies are significantly cut when mothers are given prolonged ARV treatment during breastfeeding," according to findings released at the International AIDS Society conference in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday,... Read more »
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breastfeeding??I am 29 weeks pregnant. I am currently on AZT (never on meds before this either, there was no need) I need some actual proof about breastfeeding transmission in a case like mine. Before I started the azt my VL was only 1500. Going crazy here because...
Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.
University of Massachusetts, Medical School
Breastfeeding is associated with HIV tansmission, accounting for 30-40% of all HIV infected children in the developing world where breastfeeding is practiced; if you brestfeed you are putting your infant at risk for infection;I would recommend that...
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BreastfeedingI am 7.5 months pregnant, expecting twins. I am on ART, and will deliver by cesarean to reduce chances of infecting the children at birth. However, I have a dilemma about whether to breastfeed, or for how long. My Dr says breastfeeding infection can...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
You don't indicate what country you live in, as the guidelines/recommendations vary, particularly between developed and developing nations. Although women on HIV treatment with undetectable viral loads can safely breast feed, as infection to...
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Pregnancy-BreastfeedingIs breastfeeding an option for an hiv pos woman. ...
Response from Katherine Luzuriaga, M.D.
University of Massachusetts, Medical School
HIV can be transmitted through breast milk, so formula feeding is advised whenever possible. This is true even for women on highly active antiretroviral therapy; therapy may reduce but not completely eliminate the risk of transmitting the virus to...
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Breastfeeding questioni am looking for PROOF of transmission through breastfeeding by a mother with an undetectable VL cd4 over 800...never on meds until this pregnancy (azt for the last 3 months) Please help me with any info you can give me, as i have yet to find...
Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
I do not know of an actual case of HIV transmission via breast milk when the plasma HIV viral load was undetectable. Our studies have shown that HIV transmission by breastfeeding generally does not occur below a maternal plasma viral load of 10,000...
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