You must have heard that breastfeeding after birth is very beneficial for at least six months. This is one of the best ways to ensure the health of the child. But breast milk can also protect your baby from infection as it is full of healthy ingredients. Many research has found that babies who drink breast milk for six months have a lower risk of many diseases, including diarrhoea, cold and flu. Now, a new research says that breast milk contains compounds that may help prevent group B streptococcus (GBS) infection of the newborn.
What is GBS infection?
Researchers said that it stopped infection in mice as well as human tissue. Group B streptococcus is a type of bacteria that causes many diseases in the baby. It is prevented or treated with antibiotics. Group B streptococcus bacteria are a common cause of neonatal blood infection and meningitis. Treatment with antibiotics can prevent GBS infection, but according to researchers, this bacterium is becoming increasingly resistant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 2,000 newborns in the US get GBS every year. GBS infection is the cause of death of 4-6 percent of those children. The bacteria are passed from mother to newborn during delivery and delivery.
Sugar in breast milk can prevent infection of babies
Antibiotics during labor for a GBS-positive pregnant woman are usually helpful in clearing the infection that occurs in the first week after birth. Researchers from Vanderbite University in the US said that oligosaccharides are a carbohydrate that is present in large quantities in breast milk. Oligosaccharides can inhibit GBS infection of human cells. The results will be presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society. If this happens, then the sugar found in breast milk may take the place of antibiotics. Researchers say that antibiotics are becoming less effective due to increased resistance.
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