Breast feeding

Breast feeding: Breastfeeding as a risk for other conditions
Introduction: The act of breastfeeding an infant has certain associated risks. The mother may be subject to breast conditions such as mastitis or breast abscess. Mother-to-infant disease transmission can also occur in breastfeeding for some diseases.

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Condition count: 9; see list of conditions below.
Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

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Conditions list: The following list of conditions have 'Breast feeding' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

B

Breast abscess ... breast feeding

C

Chronic Hepatitis B ... breast milk

Cytomegalovirus ... breast milk

H

Hepatitis B ... breast milk

HTLV-1 ... breast-feeding from HTLV-1 positive mother

M

Mastitis ... breast feeding

O

Osteoporosis ... breast feeding

P

Postpartum depression ... weaning from breastfeeding

T

Tropical Spastic Paraparesis ... breast-feeding from HTLV-1 positive mother

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