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.

Florence Saraki     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Nagode     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Ope Saraki     Alapansapa     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Yahaya Dumoye     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Umar Yakubu Jaja     KwaraLearn     Kayode Laro     Mustapha Olanipekun     Bibire Ajape     Jumoke Gafar     Rapheal Ashaolu     Dauda Adesola     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Saad Omo\'ya     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Simeon Ajibola     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Oke-Ode     Ohoro Of Shao     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Justina Oha     Durbar     Labaeka     Olugbense     Ibrahim Oniye     Mamman Saba Jibril     Demola Banu     Voices Of Tomorrow     Gamji Members Association     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Oko-Olowo     Cornelius Adebayo     Surajudeen Akanbi     Rotimi Atere     Ahman Patigi     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     CUTI     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Kulende-UITH     Ilorin Curfew     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Kolawole Akande     March 18     Akanji     General Hospital, Offa     Garba Dogo     Gbugbu International Market     Rebecca Bake     Bursary     Yetunde Balogun     Kwara United     Oke-Odo     Manzuma     Olateju Lukman     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Federal Polytechnic Offa     GRA     Isiaka Gold     Olam Food Ingredients     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Bio Ibrahim     Harafat E. Mukadam     Issa Baba     Lithium     QuickWin     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     HICA     Tunji Moronfoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

CACOVID Palliatives     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Saadu Alanamu     Abatemi Usman     Ibrahim Bio     Kubra Kazum     Bareke     Tafida     Yahaya Dumoye     Doyin Awoyale     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     GANZY     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Omotoso Musa     Bello Bature     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Dairo Kunle Paul     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Salihu Jibril Garbi     A.E. Afolabi     Durosinlohun Kawu     Olaitan Buraimoh     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Sulyman Buhari     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Erubu Oba Zubair     Okanlawon Taiwo     Iqra Books     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Muritala Olarewaju     Mutawalle     Bukola Ajikobi     Ahman Patigi     Abdullahi Samari     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Hassan Oyeleke     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Bayo Onimago     Rebecca Bake     Idris Garuba     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     KwaraLearn     Azeez Bello     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Haliru Dantoro     Leke Ogungbe     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Egbewole     Sa\'adu Salau     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Balogun Ajikobi     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     High Court     Convocation Ceremonies     Musa Aibinu     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Kamaldeen Gambari     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Eruku     Gambari     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Ado Bayero     Omoniyi Ayinla     Samuel Adaramola     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Marafan Shonga     Alfa Modibo Belgore     AGM Professional Services     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Ishaq Salman