Can I continue breastfeeding if I have got H1N1(swine flu)?
Posted on November 10, 2009
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Influenza A H1N1 influenza (swine flu) epidemic period, many breastfeeding mothers may be concerned that the event itself got Influenza A H1N1 influenza, is not it will not give your baby breast-fed. In fact, China confirmed Influenza A H1N1 influenza cases, the vast majority of patients with mild, according to the Ministry of Health suggested that they could choose according to the situation at home isolation and treatment. This means that, maybe you can continue breastfeeding.
If you’ve got Influenza H1N1 influenza (swine flu), continue breast-feeding is safe. Although people do not know whether the influenza A H1N1 influenza virus may be transmitted through breast milk, but the seasonal flu and similar viruses rarely spread in this way.
You can also put through breast-feeding baby important antibodies to pass to help your baby fight off the virus. While this is not possible to pass on to your baby’s immune system, but if the baby is really infected with the virus, these antibodies can help him resist the disease. Therefore, if possible, try not to add to the baby formula.
If you are seriously ill, there is no way to breastfeed your baby, you can milk out of you and let someone else fed baby.
Now there is no cure for treatment of Influenza A H1N1 influenza. Fortunately, however, China has made pure herbal cure for pregnant women, patients with successful precedent.
Even if you are taking antiviral drugs, you can continue breastfeeding. There would be a very small amount of antiviral drugs will enter the breast milk, but experts believe that the benefits of continued breastfeeding is greater than such drugs may pose risks. Doctors may also recommend that you take medicine or a sponge bath to bring down a fever, and relieve symptoms. However, do not use alcohol to sponge bath, using warm water on it.
You can also take the following measures to reduce the influenza A H1N1 influenza transmitted to your baby’s risk:
• usually stay in another room, to minimize contact with your baby opportunities.
• You use a separate room every day Mop and disinfectant cleaner. No matter who did cleaning, must pay attention to washing hands before and after cleaning.
• ground with soap and hot water wash, or use disposable disinfectant hand cleaners.
• Avoid facing the baby’s face coughing or sneezing. With tissue paper when coughing and sneezing, cover your nose and mouth, used tissues directly thrown into the garbage immediately.
• your tableware, clothing and linens to use hot water wash separately to avoid the spread of the virus.
• home furniture surfaces and the baby’s toys should be regularly cleaned with disinfectant.
• As a child susceptible to the virus, you may need to take care of your baby’s daily tasks to someone else a few days, such as bathing, changing diapers and touching and so on.
• baby nurse, or touch the baby before the first wash their hands with soap or disinfectant liquid soap, and wear a mask. Do not wear a mask inside a mask by hand contact, and should be promptly replaced, if not a one-time masks can be cleaned with soap or disinfectant, and drying in the sun.
• baby pacifier before, do not put any part of it’s own mouth, do not touch a hand to a pacifier.
• If you need to adopt a baby, do not close with the baby face to face, vertical hold can be placed in your baby’s face behind position.
• Close observation of your baby and at home other people’s health status. Once a Influenza A H1N1 flu-like symptoms to immediately report to the health and epidemic prevention departments for treatment.
Even if your baby is infected with influenza A H1N1 flu, you do not need to worry too much.
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