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.

Apaokagi     Rebecca Bake     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Ridwan Agboola     Arandun     Kehinde Boyede     Jimoh Akani     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     KwaraLearn     Raheem Adaramaja     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Marafan Shonga     Bankole Omisore     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Opobiyi     John Dara     Tosho Yaqub     MMWG     George Innih     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     AbdulHamid Adi     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Oja-Oba     Yemi Sanni     Ohoro Of Shao     Barakat Community Secondary School     Rasaq Jimoh     Awwal Jawondo     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Afetu Of Alabe     Ajayi Okasanmi     Adegoke Bamidele     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Idi-Ape     Joseph Daudu     Shururat Olatinwo     Wahab Abayawo     School Of Nursing     Samari     Charcoal     Moshood Bakare     Ilorin South Constituency     Abubakar B.M     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Makama Of Kaiama     Ahman Patigi     Seed Technologies     Tunji Ajanaku     Nigerian Medical Association     Kale Kawu     Alapado     Tunji Folami     Bature Bello     Sanusi Abubakar     Dan-Kazeem     Forgo Battery     Erubu Oba Zubair     Atiku     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Eleja     Azeez Bello     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     University Road     Guber Aspirant     Femi Ogunsola     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Abdullahi Biffo     Eleyele     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Maja     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Adedipe    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Apaokagi     Emir Of Lafiagi     Isau     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Yomi Adeboye     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Adesina Simon Sodiya     United Nigeria Airline     Sa\'adu Gambari     Offorjama     Kwha.gov.ng     Ilorin Metro Park     Kemi Adeosun     Alfa Yahaya Road     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Kunle Akogun     Minister     Abdulkareem Alabi     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Olosi Of Osi     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Asa     Offa Descendants Union     Nurudeen Muhammed     COEASU     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Abubakar Lah     Owo Arugbo     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Salake     Bolaji Abdullahi     Offa Grammer School     AbdulGafar Tosho     Kayode Ishola     Dogara     Kwara North     CLAY POT     Ilorin General Hospital     Afonja     Hakeem Lawal     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Maimunat Oniyangi     Apaola     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Stephen Fasakin     Moronfoye     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Bola Magaji     Dairo Kunle Paul     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Nigeria Customs Service     Bature Bello     Segun Ogunsola     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Ekiti     Umar Saro     Code Of Conduct     A.O. Belgore     Biliaminu Aliu     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Shaaba Lafiagi     Rasaq Jimoh     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Olatunji Ayeni     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     High Court     David Adesina     Turaki     Clement Yomi Adeboye