In some countries, such as the UK, the parents of all babies are offered a shot of Vitamin K for their baby soon after birth. This is because newborns are born with low levels of vitamin K, and their intestines do not yet produce enough vitamin K-producing bacteria to meet their needs....
Our instinct was to decline the shot for our baby, but after our midwife gave the vitamin K shot a strong endorsement due to an experience she had of seeing an non-injected baby die from intracranial bleeding, we felt enough uncertainty to go with her recommendation. Most fortunately, our s...
vitamin K– typically only a problem for breastfeeding newborns who didn’t get avitamin K shot, asvitamin Kis found in many foods vitamin A– since milk and many other foods are fortified withvitamin A, this is rarely a vitamin that we worry about being low. Supplements are also a conce...
We present a family who suffered recurrent sibling losses due to vitamin K deficiency bleed. The index child was asymptomatic at presentation, had normal clinical examination, and was investigated for coagulation disorders in view of previous 3 sibling losses as a result of intracranial hemorrhage. ...
CDC [8] Updated 2018 One shot intramuscularly in the thigh just after birth, can be delayed up to 6 h after birth. AAP [9, 10] 2003 (updated 2020) "Vitamin K1 should be given to all newborns as a single, intramuscular dose of 0.5 to 1 mg." "Additional research should be ...
Earlier this year (2019) the Chicago Tribune reported on a federal lawsuit where parents sued several doctors at three hospitals and DCFS for medically kidnapping their newborn infants simply for refusing the Vitamin K shot at birth. Megan...
For infants, a single shot of vitamin K1 supplement at birth will reduce deficiency symptoms. People with fat malabsorption and those who are taking anticoagulants should have a doctor monitor their vitamin K levels, and administer supplements as necessary. ...
vitamin K– typically only a problem for breastfeeding newborns who didn’t get avitamin K shot, asvitamin Kis found in many foods vitamin A– since milk and many other foods are fortified withvitamin A, this is rarely a vitamin that we worry about being low. Supplements are also a conce...
What is astonishing to me about that “informal research”, and WONDERFUL, is that it is exactly what I found when I got rid of my peripheral neuropathy when I was having a B12 shot a day, which is about the same as 25 to 30mg of methylcobalamin a day in lozenges. ...
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