Thanks also for your clarification
on galactosemia.
Not exact matches
Although I link to online sources intended for those with true dairy allergies or
galactosemia, the information discussed
on this page is not intended for use by individuals with those conditions.
Now, before I outright say this isn't true, it can be — but the chances of a baby having the only true allergy to human breastmilk or lactose in any form, called
galactosemia, affects only 47 babies in the US per year... however, 150 people die annually from a falling coconut hitting them
on the head.
Babies with
galactosemia need to be
on a lactose - free diet, and therefore, can not receive breast milk.
Breastfeeding is contraindicated in infants with classic
galactosemia (galactose 1 - phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency) 103; mothers who have active untreated tuberculosis disease or are human T - cell lymphotropic virus type I — or II — positive104, 105; mothers who are receiving diagnostic or therapeutic radioactive isotopes or have had exposure to radioactive materials (for as long as there is radioactivity in the milk) 106 — 108; mothers who are receiving antimetabolites or chemotherapeutic agents or a small number of other medications until they clear the milk109, 110; mothers who are using drugs of abuse («street drugs»); and mothers who have herpes simplex lesions
on a breast (infant may feed from other breast if clear of lesions).
Research projects: «Synergistic effect of EP4 receptor agonista and rituximab
on chronic lymphocytic leucemia» and «Classic
galactosemia: characterization and stabilization of GALT missense mutants R231C and R231H