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.

Shuaib Olarongbe     Firdaos Amasa     Erubu Oba Zubair     Segun Ogunsola     Eruku     Michael Nzekwe     Lola Ashiru     Kwara Restoration Project     Garment Factory     Salary     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Pilgrims Board     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Bahago     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Yemi Sanni     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Abdulrauf Yusuf     John Olobayo     Danhawa     KWASSIP     Amos Bajeh     Dankaka     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Kazeem Oladepo     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Oluranti Idowu     Nigerian Medical Association     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Ilorin Curfew     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Charcoal     College Of Education     Kayode Alabi     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     IQRA College     Congress For National Consensus     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     David Adesina     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Agor Market     Sidikat Akaje     Senate     Yahya Mohammed     Bankole Omisore     Saka Saadu     Iliasu     Magaji Are     Bamikole Omishore     MAI Akande     Islamic Development Bank     SSA Youth Engagement     Afetu Of Alabe     Valsolar     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Patience Jonathan     Oyedun Juliana Funke     IEDPU     Oluronke Adeyemi     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Doyin Awoyale     Reuben Paraje     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Tunji Olawuyi     Olushola Saraki     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Okin Malt     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Rex Olawoye     Isapa     Elese Of Igbaja     Shoprite     Joseph Offorjama     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Oniwa     Ojuekun     Tunde Saad     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Amina El-Imam     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Akorede     Kamoru Kadiri     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Sai Kayi     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Jawondo     Plat Technologies Limited     Elesie Of Esie     Shagari     Rebecca Bake     Amos Bajeh     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Abdulkareem Alabi     Donatus Ejidike     Shero     Tuesday Assayomo     CCB     Col. Adedipe     Aliyu Adebayo     Ilorin Metro Park     Iyabo Adewuyi     Oniwasi Agbaye     Sulu Gambari     Makama Of Kaiama     GRA     Bashirat Bola Bello     Aliyu Alhassan     Otoge     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Popo-Igbonna     Kola Adesina     Binta Abubakar Mora     Bayo Ojo     Femi Ogunsola     Peter Obi     Solomon Edojah     Mohammed Saidu     Agor     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Issa Baba     Saliu Tunde Bello     Transition Implementation Committee     Muhammadu Buhari     Abubakar Lah     Clara Nwachukwu     Kale Belgore     Abdulrazaq Akorede     John Dara     Turaki     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     TETFUND     Omotoso     Peter Amogbonjaye     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Ahmad Ali     Ajakaye     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Gbugbu     Tsaragi/Share     Boko Haram