Sentences with phrase «disease necrotizing»

The combined incidence of serious infection, the intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis and death was similar in very low - birth - weight infants who received either pasteurized donor milk or preterm formula supplementation during their first 10 days of life when their own mother's milk was not sufficiently available, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

The combined incidence of serious infection, the intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis and death was similar in very low - birth - weight infants who received either pasteurized donor milk or preterm formula supplementation during their first 10 days of life when their own mother's milk was not sufficiently available, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.

Adding «good» bacteria to the guts of infants at risk of developing the life - threatening gut disease necrotizing enterocolitis, for example, significantly reduced the chances that they'd come down with the disease.

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It's also one of several pathogens that can lead to necrotizing fasciitis, which is commonly referred to as «flesh - eating disease.»

In 2013, several infants who consumed a baby formula with xanthan gum tragically passed away after developing necrotizing enterocolitis, a disease where the wall of the intestine is invaded by bacteria, causing infection and inflammation that can ultimately lead to death in infants.

These include intussusception, malrotation and volvlus, and necrotizing enterocolitis as well as some rare genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis and hirschsprung disease.

Exclusively breastfed babies are less likely to suffer from reflux, Chrons disease and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm babies.

The risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), an excruciatingly painful bowel disease that is the number two cause of death for preemies, is reduced by 77 % with exclusive breastfeeding.

These include increased prevalence of a range of infectious diseases and health conditions — ear infections, gastrointestinal infections respiratory infections, necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, meningitis, diabetes, childhood cancers, obesity, allergies — formula fed infants grow and develop differently from breastmilk fed infants, including cognitive and neural development.

Strengthens an infant's immune system to help fight disease and infection (including necrotizing enterocolitis)

They are also at greater risk for rare but serious conditions such as severe lower respiratory infections, leukemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).5 Breastfeeding is also good for moms, lowering the risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.6, 7

Infants who are not breastfed are at mildly increased risk of developing acute and chronic diseases, including lower respiratory infection, ear infections, bacteremia, bacterial meningitis, botulism, urinary tract infection and necrotizing enterocolitis.

Excluding type 2 diabetes (because of insufficient data), we conducted a cost analysis for all pediatric diseases for which the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported risk ratios that favored breastfeeding: necrotizing enterocolitis, otitis media, gastroenteritis, hospitalization for lower respiratory tract infections, atopic dermatitis, sudden infant death syndrome, childhood asthma, childhood leukemia, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and childhood obesity.

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

As I researched, I learned about necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), which is an excruciatingly painful bowel disease that causes parts of the intestines to die.

That's because breastfeeding is proven to reduce the risks of the four most common and costly conditions in babies» first year of life: ear infections, gastroenteritis, respiratory infections and necrotizing enterocolitis (a devastating disease that affects mostly the intestine of premature infants).

The expert specialists in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Floating Hospital for Children complete diagnostic and therapeutic care for children with illnesses that range from fairly common sickness like pneumonia to life - threatening, serious conditions like necrotizing faciitis.

A growing body of evidence indicates that receiving a mother's own milk, especially in high doses very soon after birth reduces the risk of acquiring very costly conditions in very low birthweight infants including sepsis, chronic lung disease and, especially, necrotizing enterocolitis, a devastating disease that affects mostly the intestine of premature infants.

Excess health care costs totaling more than $ 4 billion must be paid by the U.S. health care system each year to treat otitis media (middle ear infection), gastroenteritis (infection or irritation of the stomach and intestines), and necrotizing enterocolitis (an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants) â $ «childhood diseases and conditions preventable or reduced by breastfeeding.

Infants in particular are susceptible to a number of diseases caused by gastrointestinal bacteria, including sepsis, chronic diarrhea, and necrotizing enterocolitis, an infection of the intestinal lining that is one of the leading causes of death in premature babies.

CA - MRSA (Community - acquired MRSA) has now emerged as an epidemic that is responsible for rapidly progressive, fatal diseases including necrotizing pneumonia, severe sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis.

«Importantly, the length of stay was reduced while balancing measures and co-morbidities such as necrotizing enterocolitis, chronic lung disease, mortality and readmission rates remained similar or trended downward.»

The nanosponges also reduced disease severity in a live mouse model of necrotizing fasciitis.

A growing body of evidence indicates that receiving a mother's own milk, especially in high doses very soon after birth reduces the risk of acquiring very costly conditions in very low birthweight infants including sepsis, chronic lung disease and, especially, necrotizing enterocolitis, a devastating disease that affects mostly the intestine of premature infants.

In addition to adding cream to the diets of premature infants, since 2009, Texas Children's has significantly reduced its rates of necrotizing enterocolitis, one of the most devastating and potentially fatal diseases a neonate can face, by implementing a human milk feeding protocol for all infants weighing less than 3.3 pounds.

A leading authority on necrotizing enterocolitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases in newborns, Dr. Hackam has advanced our understanding of how these severe and sometimes fatal disorders work.

David Hackam's laboratory focuses on necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating disease of premature infants and the leading cause of death and disability from gastrointestinal disease in newborns.

His laboratory is focused on unraveling the molecular mechanisms that underlie several important surgical diseases, including necrotizing enterocolitis and inflammatory bowel disease, and seeks to develop novel therapeutic strategies to prevent or reverse these disease processes.

In dogs that succumb to the disease pathological examination of the liver often shows severe hepatitis (centrilobular hepatitis), inflammation of the arteries (multi focal necrotizing arteritis) and kidney inflammation (membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis) as well as inflammation of the lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy)

Other infections like necrotizing fasciitis or meningitis are easily misdiagnosed as during their early stages, their symptoms appear similar to those of other diseases.

Among other benefits, breastfeeding: stimulates the release of the hormone oxytocin in the mother's body promoting bonding between mother and baby; satisfies baby's emotional needs; provides superior nutrition; helps prevent maternal breast cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis; helps prevent future breast cancer in infant girls; promotes higher infant IQ; helps pass baby's meconium; provides immunization against disease; is more digestible than formula; aids in mother's post-partum physical recovery; helps protect the infant from Crohn's disease, juvenile diabetes, allergies, asthma, SIDS, hemophilus b. virus, cardopulmonary distress, ulcerative colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and other medical problems; enhances vaccine effectiveness, and is a natural contraceptive.