Sentences with phrase «called necrotizing»

Probiotics are just one element of the care Juelz received during the weeks he spent in the NICU, but research shows that probiotics — which contain a mix of live, beneficial bacteria — can help prevent a very serious intestinal inflammation called Necrotizing enterocolitis in preemies.

For example, one study showed that giving probiotics to preemies prevented a type of intestinal inflammation called Necrotizing enterocolitis.

Research has shown that probiotics can help prevent a type of intestinal inflammation called necrotizing enterocolitis in babies born prematurely and may help with eczema and digestive issues — which are common in infants — as well.

Over time, however, scientists began noticing that antibiotics can increase babies» risk of the very afflictions the drugs aim to protect against — such as fungal infections, late - onset sepsis, and a deadly intestinal disorder called necrotizing enterocolitis.

Just 48 hours after her discharge following surgery, she was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors diagnosed a life - threatening infection called necrotizing fasciitis and told her she required emergency surgery to remove dead tissue.

The mid-1980s saw the emergence of a severe new type of invasive, flesh - eating bacterial infection, sometimes called necrotizing fasciitis, which could rapidly kill a person or cost them a limb.

In our NICU, the really young babies get donor milk if mom's supply isn't enough (it's protective against a potentially - fatal complication called Necrotizing Enterocolotis), but after a certain point, they had to be supplemented with formula.

They are found in a baby's brain, they help to fight infection, and they are believed to help reduce inflammation in the intestines to protect a baby against a serious intestinal condition called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

Not exact matches

At the University of California, San Diego, a sugar called disialyllacto - N - tetraose reduced the mortality rate from necrotizing enterocolitis in rats from 25 percent to only 5 percent.

Vibriosis is separate, however, from necrotizing fasciitis, commonly called a flesh - eating infection, which is caused by bacteria like group A strep, E. coli, and staph, according to the CDC.

Since there are conditions thatcan cause similar signs, such as necrotizing pancreatitis, for whichsurgery may not be advisable, it is a difficult call.