Question

I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use West Nile Fever (WNF)? Is West Nile Fever (WNF) safe for nursing mother and child? Does West Nile Fever (WNF) extracts into breast milk? Does West Nile Fever (WNF) has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can West Nile Fever (WNF) influence milk supply or can West Nile Fever (WNF) decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?

West Nile Fever (WNF) lactation summary

West Nile Fever (WNF) usage has low risk in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for West Nile Fever (WNF) is 3 out of 8 which is considered Low Risk as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 3 indicates that usage of West Nile Fever (WNF) may cause some minor side effects in breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research indicates that West Nile Fever (WNF) may cause moderate to no side effects in lactating mother.
  • Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of West Nile Fever (WNF) low risk in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher dosage.
  • While using West Nile Fever (WNF) We suggest monitoring child for possible reactions. It is also important to understand that side effects vary largely based on age of breastfed child and time of medication in addition to dosage.
  • Score calculated using the DrLact safety Version 1.2 model, this score ranges from 0 to 8 and measures overall safety of drug in lactation. Scores are primarily calculated using publicly available case studies, research papers, other scientific journals and publically available data.

Answer by Dr. Ru: About West Nile Fever (WNF) usage in lactation

Infection caused by the Western Nile virus, which is an arbovirus-flavivirus transmitted by mosquito bite.Reservoir: birds. Vector: mosquitoes. Host: horses and humans.The disease usually appears asymptomatic (80% of cases) or with mild flu symptoms. Less than 1% of affected patients develop meningoencephalitis and other serious features. It has an incubation period from 5 to 15 days. Although there has been a documented case of transmission through breastfeeding (positive RNA and specific IgM antibodies in the milk with positive plasma IgM antibody in the infant), the child remained asymptomatic (CDC 2002). Among six breastfed infants whose mothers were diagnosed as positively infected, who subsequently had serologic tests for West Nile virus that were negative, only one of them exhibited a slight skin rash (Hinckley 2007). Under current information, the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh the risk of disease in infants, in such a way that mothers, even from endemic areas, should be encouraged to breastfeed their infants (Hayes 2005).

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