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Mothers Milk And Hiv
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kill HIV in mothers milk???I saw somewhere on the internet, but cant find it again, that if breast milk is heated to about 60 degrees Celcius for certain time period, this would kill HIV cells in the milk, while still attaining 80 of mothers good antibodies in the milk? Can...
Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
It is true that HIV is sensitive to temperature; research studies are in progress to determine methods to make brestfeeding by HIV infected mothers safe for their infants; there are at present no methods that have been adequately tested.JLS....
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hiv transmission through mothers milk to others through babyDear Mr Kull,Please help me with the following situation. Recently a 9 month old baby of one of the... Read more »Breast Milk and HIV transmissionI know that HIV can be transmitted from mother to child during breastfeeding, but what is in the... Read more »
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Malawi: Hopkins Study Halves Passage of HIV From Mother to Child in MilkResearchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that an extended AIDS drug regimen can cut by 50 percent an HIV-positive mother's risk of transmitting the virus to her infant during breastfeeding. Of the 500,000 babies... Read more »
Mother's Milk Enlisted in South Africa AIDS FightNow in its fifth year, the Durban-based Ithemba Lethu milk bank has won widespread praise for its grass-roots response to South Africa's AIDS crisis. Ithemba Lethu, which in Zulu means "I have a destiny," is designed to bring the benefits of breast... Read more »
Flash-Heat Inactivation of HIV-1 in Human Milk: A Potential Method to Reduce Postnatal Transmission in Developing Countries"Up to 40% of all mother-to-child transmission of HIV occurs by means of breast-feeding; yet, in developing countries, infant formula may not be a safe option," the authors wrote. Noting that the World Health Organization recommends heat-treated... Read more »
Vitamin A Hikes HIV Loads in Breast MilkIn two analyses of HIV-positive mothers in Tanzania, those who took vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements had significantly higher HIV loads in their breast milk than women who did not take them (P=0.02), as well as a higher risk of subclinical... Read more »
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HIV and milk
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Can I get HIV from milk? I read I can in People magazine.Read more » Breast Milk
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
I am a Preschool Teacher and I was wondering, if a mother brought her child in and a bottle of her Breast Milk and I fed it to the baby and if the baby threw up on me or if the breast milk got into a cut of mine is this a risk for getting HIV/Aids....
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Breast Milk
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I know the with breast milk HIV/AIDS it is transfer from mother to child, by breast feeding, I am in childcare and I was wondering if a mother brings in a bottle of her breast milk and I feed it to the baby and the milk gets on a cut of mine or the...
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Breat milk
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
what is the risk? If the breast milk (with Hiv) contach my penis (urethra)Read more »
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