Breastmilk protects babies against infection. Breastmilk is clean and free of bacteria. so it cannot make a baby ill. It contains anti-infective factors which prevent infection.
-Living white blood cells which kill bacteria.
-Antibodies to many common infections which protect a baby until he can make his own antibodies. if a mother has an infection, antibodies against that infection soon appear in her milk.
-A substance called the bifidus factor which helps special bacteria called Lactobacillus bifidus to grow in baby's intestine. This prevents harmful bateria from growing and causing diarrhoea.
Breastfed babies have less diarrhoea and fewer respiratory and middle ear infections than artificially fed babies. It is not necessary to stop breastmilk feeds if a baby has diarrhoea.
Breastmilk continues to help prevent illness and to help children recover during the second and third years of life.
Sania Bhushan
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23 Apr 2020