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The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, also known as the Reproductive Health Law or RH Law, and officially designated as Republic Act No. 10354, is a Philippine law that provides universal access to methods of contraception, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care.
Milky discharge in a non-pregnant, non-breast feeding women is evaluated differently to other abnormal nipple discharge. [4] Often, the cause can be determined based on symptoms and examination. [5] Blood tests may be done to rule out low thyroid or high prolactin. [7] Other tests may include mammography, breast ultrasound, breast biopsy, or ...
Whereas breastfeeding jaundice is a mechanical problem, breast milk jaundice is a biochemical occurrence and the higher bilirubin possibly acts as an antioxidant. Breast milk jaundice occurs later in the newborn period, with the bilirubin level usually peaking in the sixth to 14th days of life.
Breast milk jaundice is caused by an increased concentration of β-glucuronidase in breast milk, which increases bilirubin deconjugation and reabsorption of bilirubin, leading to persistence of physiologic jaundice with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Onset of breast milk jaundice is within 2 weeks after birth and lasts for 4–13 weeks.
Contraindications to breastfeeding are those conditions that could compromise the health of the infant if breast milk from their mother is consumed. Examples include galactosemia, untreated HIV, untreated active tuberculosis, Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 or II, uses illicit drugs, or mothers undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
This can result in nursing women avoiding spending time in public, carrying expressed breast milk with them, or using infant formula when away from home. [ 2 ] Even though the practice may be legal or socially accepted, some mothers may nevertheless be reluctant to expose a breast in public to breastfeed [ 3 ] [ 4 ] due to actual or potential ...
Breast milk jaundice is jaundice that persists despite appropriate weight gain. [40] This type of jaundice may start as breastfeeding jaundice and persist, or may not appear until after the baby has begun to gain weight, typically around 4–5 days old. [10]: 34–47 [40] It often persists beyond the second and third weeks of life. [40]
774 Other perinatal jaundice. 774.2 Jaundice, newborn, prematurity; 774.3 Jaundice, newborn, unspec. 774.3 Lucey-Driscoll syndrome. 774.39 Jaundice, newborn, breast milk; 775 Endocrine and metabolic disturbances specific to the fetus and newborn. 775.0 Infant of diabetic mother syndrome; 775.4 Hypocalcemia; 775.6 Hypoglycemia, neonatal