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Breastfeeding: it's bad for business

68 points by gonvaled 8y ago

joshmn 8y ago
> I'm told it's delicious I can't be the only one who audibly laughed.
analogtom 8y ago
Formula can and does kill many premature babies every day it is called Necrotizing fasciitis, look it up and learn!
- probably_wrong 8y ago
  Definition from the internet: > Necrotizing fasciitis refers to a rapidly spreading infection, usually located in fascial planes of connective tissue that results in tissue death (necrosis). Neither Wikipedia nor MedicineNet.com (to mention the top two results I got) mention any kind of link between Necrotizing fasciitis and formula. I suggest you give an actual link rather than just asking people to "look it up".
  - Gatsky 8y ago
    It’s actually necrotizing enterocolitis, and there is a link. Necrotizing fasciitis is something else entirely.
    - BugsJustFindMe 8y ago
      Thanks for giving the correct term. (I think that you might not be talking about the same kind of link as the comment you replied to, though.) It's interesting to see already more than one comment using the wrong term, possibly because they don't think about the meaning of fasci vs entero + coli?
    - surgeryres 8y ago
      Here is one paper from pub Med discussing NEC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/
analogtom 8y ago
Necrotizing fasciitis
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- surgeryres 8y ago
  No, it is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). NEC is associated with formula feeds and accounts for up to 20% of NICU costs annually. Here is a pubmed link discussing: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/
jaimex2 8y ago
In Australia its all over all formula products that breastfeeding is better.
rdlecler1 8y ago
There’s a special place in hell for anyone who was viciously opposing this at the UN.
arwineap 8y ago
Wow, not a fan of that "article" format
nojvek 8y ago
Our baby was born SGA (small for gestational age) at 2kg. We tried using similac formula as a supplement and baby got sick, she lost more weight and for diaorrhea. We instant moved back to just breast milk and she is doing amazing. Weight looking good. Formula works for some babies. For some, it’s close to poison. I learnt it the hard way.

68 points by gonvaled 8y ago

joshmn 8y ago

> I'm told it's delicious I can't be the only one who audibly laughed.

analogtom 8y ago

Formula can and does kill many premature babies every day it is called Necrotizing fasciitis, look it up and learn!

probably_wrong 8y ago
Definition from the internet: > Necrotizing fasciitis refers to a rapidly spreading infection, usually located in fascial planes of connective tissue that results in tissue death (necrosis). Neither Wikipedia nor MedicineNet.com (to mention the top two results I got) mention any kind of link between Necrotizing fasciitis and formula. I suggest you give an actual link rather than just asking people to "look it up".
- Gatsky 8y ago
  It’s actually necrotizing enterocolitis, and there is a link. Necrotizing fasciitis is something else entirely.
  - BugsJustFindMe 8y ago
    Thanks for giving the correct term. (I think that you might not be talking about the same kind of link as the comment you replied to, though.) It's interesting to see already more than one comment using the wrong term, possibly because they don't think about the meaning of fasci vs entero + coli?
  - surgeryres 8y ago
    Here is one paper from pub Med discussing NEC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/

analogtom 8y ago

Necrotizing fasciitis

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surgeryres 8y ago
No, it is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). NEC is associated with formula feeds and accounts for up to 20% of NICU costs annually. Here is a pubmed link discussing: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3357630/

jaimex2 8y ago

In Australia its all over all formula products that breastfeeding is better.

rdlecler1 8y ago

There’s a special place in hell for anyone who was viciously opposing this at the UN.

arwineap 8y ago

Wow, not a fan of that "article" format

nojvek 8y ago

Our baby was born SGA (small for gestational age) at 2kg. We tried using similac formula as a supplement and baby got sick, she lost more weight and for diaorrhea. We instant moved back to just breast milk and she is doing amazing. Weight looking good. Formula works for some babies. For some, it’s close to poison. I learnt it the hard way.