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Should a postpartum patient with chronic hepatitis C infection be discouraged from breastfeeding her infant?

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Hepatitis C is not a contraindication to breastfeeding. Although the virus has been identified in breast milk, the risk of transmission to the infant is exceedingly low.

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  1. Duff P. Maternal and perinatal infections: bacterial. In: Landon MB, Galan HL, Jauniaux ERM, et al. Gabbe’s Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2021:1124-1146.
  2. Duff P. Maternal and fetal infections. In: Resnik R, Lockwood CJ, Moore TJ, et al. Creasy & Resnik’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2019:862-919.
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Should a postpartum patient with chronic hepatitis C infection be discouraged from breastfeeding her infant?

Continue to the answer...

 

 

 

Hepatitis C is not a contraindication to breastfeeding. Although the virus has been identified in breast milk, the risk of transmission to the infant is exceedingly low.

Should a postpartum patient with chronic hepatitis C infection be discouraged from breastfeeding her infant?

Continue to the answer...

 

 

 

Hepatitis C is not a contraindication to breastfeeding. Although the virus has been identified in breast milk, the risk of transmission to the infant is exceedingly low.

References
  1. Duff P. Maternal and perinatal infections: bacterial. In: Landon MB, Galan HL, Jauniaux ERM, et al. Gabbe’s Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2021:1124-1146.
  2. Duff P. Maternal and fetal infections. In: Resnik R, Lockwood CJ, Moore TJ, et al. Creasy & Resnik’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2019:862-919.
References
  1. Duff P. Maternal and perinatal infections: bacterial. In: Landon MB, Galan HL, Jauniaux ERM, et al. Gabbe’s Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2021:1124-1146.
  2. Duff P. Maternal and fetal infections. In: Resnik R, Lockwood CJ, Moore TJ, et al. Creasy & Resnik’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2019:862-919.
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