Mothers who breast milk your baby
while taking anti-seizure medication can not affect the development of their
children cognitive, according to a new study. Previously it was believed that
this class of drugs affected the growth of children.
Kimford Meador, a researcher at the University of Florida
in Gainesville,
says: "Our research shows that giving breast during treatment with
anti-epilepsy drugs would not have a negative impact on children's cognitive
skills."
This study was conducted among
187 children, under 2 years, whose mothers were taking drugs for epilepsy, 41
percent of these children were being breastfed, and found they did better on IQ
tests than others.
The concern was that some animal
studies showed that some drugs for epilepsy caused cell death in immature
brains. However, apparently in human sex hormone from the mother, prevent that
happening.
This study will be extended and
will aim to examine the effects of these drugs on baby uterus and until the age
of 6 years. The important thing is to breastfeed the children if you can.
Pediatrics recommends breast milk to the children in their first year of life
and even more if the mother and child wish.
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