Paediatrician says breast milk can treat conjunctivitis in neonates

Date: 2017-09-10

A Nigerian expert, Prof. Samuel Ernest, has said that breast milk has effective antibacterial activities in curing conjunctivitis in neonates.

Prof. Ernest of the College of Health Sciences of the University of Ilorin, stated this on Saturday in Ilorin during his 171st inaugural paper presentation, entitled: "Adventures in Childhood Morbidity,Prevention and Mortality Reduction.

The expert in child health explained that breast milk could also help mothers to treat their babies with conjunctivitis in refugee camps or Internally Displaced Persons' (IDPs) camps where medical supplies can run out temporarily.

"I did extensive work on neonatal conjunctivitis; this ranged from determination of its prevalence, the causes, the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of the organisms causing it to the efficacy of breast milk and sulphacetamide eye drops.

"We discovered that chlamydia which was the leading cause of blindness in adults, was also one of the leading causes of conjunctivitis among neonates," said the paediatrician, who added that breast milk is packed with antibodies giving it countless other uses among which is treating eye infections.

He said that breast milk could, therefore, help and be useful in hard-to-reach places or areas that faced difficulty accessing health care. Neonatal conjunctivitis, also known as ophthalmia neonatorum, is a form of conjunctivitis and a type of neonatal infection contracted by newborns during delivery.

The baby's eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal from a mother infected with either Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Babajide Ajayi     Mukhtar Shagaya     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Lanre Issa Onilu     Oke-Ode     Senate     Monthly Sanitation     Abraysports FC     Eruku     Ilorin East     Garment Factory     Borgu     Yunus Oniboki     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Maryam A. Garuba     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Pakata Development Association     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Jawondo     Omu Aran     Gbenga Olawepo     Sarah Jubril     Akanbi-Oke     KwaraLearn     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Musa Aibinu     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Saka Adeyemo     Saliu Oluwole     Toyin Falola     Abatemi Usman     Ibrahim Abiodun     KWATMA     Yunus Lawal     NULGE     Oloje     HYPPADEC     Shettima Of Ilorin     Raimi Iyanda     Mustapha Olanipekun     AGF Abdulrazaq     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Aminat Omodara     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Shonga Farm Project     Undergraduate Bursary     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Isiaka Gold     Goodluck Jonathan     Danhawa     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     IDPU     International Aviation College     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Summit University     JAMB     Kayode Ibrahim     Mamatu Abdullahi     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Akanji     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Donatus Ejidike     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Tunde Oyawoye     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Talaka Parapo     Gbemisola Saraki     Olosi Of Osi     Prince Bola Ajibola     Egbejila     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Samari     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Kola Olota     Lukman Adeloyin     Illyasu Abdullahi     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     New Naira Notes     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Kwara Polytechnic     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     SDP     Okala Baba     Ifelodun     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Olokoba Sulyman     Bola Tinubu     Pilgrims Board     Adedeji Onimago     Bolaji Nagode     Khairat Gwadabe     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Plat Technologies Limited     Onilorin     Gaa Olobi     Shuaib Jawondo     Razak Atunwa     Amosa     Gbajabiamila     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Danladi     Saka Saadu     John Obuh     CELF     Millennium Development Goals     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Valsolar Consultoria     Wahab Isa     NIRSAL     Yusuf Mubarak     Al-Hikmah Radio     Ado Bayero     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Muhammed Akanbi     Christopher Ayeni     Grillo     Wole Oke     TETFUND     Prince Bola Ajibola     Unilorin     Sa\'adu Salau     Overland     Dasuki Belgore     KFA     Baba-Isale     National Broadcasting Commission     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Col. Adedipe     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Yusuf Lawal     Orisa Bridge     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Apaokagi     Iyabo Adewuyi     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Allocation     Sheikh Ariyibi     Ndakene     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Kaiama     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Adebayo Salami     College Of Health     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Ilorin South Constituency     Deji Ajani     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Femi Agbaje     Erubu     Moji Makanjuola