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Clinical Uses of Donor Human Milk

 

There are many conditions that can benefit from the use of donor
breastmilk.  Here is a partial list of some of these conditions:
 

Nutritional Uses

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Prematurity

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Malabsorbtion syndromes

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Renal Failure

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Inborn errors of metabolism

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Cardiac problems

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Pediatric burn cases

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Failure to Thrive

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Short-gut syndrome

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Feeding intolerance

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Post-surgical

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
 


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dicinal/Therapeutic Uses

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)  Treatment for infectious diseases

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Intractable diarrhea

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Gastroententis

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Infantile botulism

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Sepsis

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Pneumonia

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Hemorrhagic conjunctivitis


ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Post-surgical healing

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Omphalocele

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Gastroschisis

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Intestinal obstruction/bowel fistula

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Colostomy repair


ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Immunodeficiency diseases

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Severe Allergies

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   IgA dificiencies


ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Solid organ transplants (including adults)


ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Non-infectious intestinal disorders

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   Ulcerative colitis

blank+.gif (820 bytes)ballred.gif (289 bytes)   irritable bowel syndrome
 


Preventative Uses

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Necrotizing enterocolitis

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   During immune suppression therapy

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Allergies

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Crohn's disease

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Colitis

ballgold.gif (287 bytes)   Feeding intolerance


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