{"id":180102,"date":"2023-09-21T04:27:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T04:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180102"},"modified":"2023-09-21T04:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T04:27:26","slug":"i-am-a-doctor-and-you-should-never-feed-your-baby-this-one-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/i-am-a-doctor-and-you-should-never-feed-your-baby-this-one-food\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a doctor and you should never feed your baby this one food"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I am a doctor and parents, you need to stop feeding your babies honey right now<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Doctor reveals why you should never feed infants honey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Fertility doctor shares the five things she&#8217;d never let her boyfriend do\u00a0&#8211; including putting a laptop on his lap or consuming processed meat<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A doctor has revealed one seemingly &#8216;harmless&#8217; food that could be fatal for infants &#8211; and how consuming less than a spoonful of it can cause paralysis, nerve damage, and even death.<\/p>\n<p>Honey is lethal for children under the age of one because it can result in infantile botulism &#8211; a serious illness caused by bacteria clostridium botulinum.<\/p>\n<p>It is caused by spores that normally live in a dormant form in soil and dust, but can occasionally get into honey.<\/p>\n<p>If the spores enter a baby&#8217;s intestine they can grow and produce a toxin that causes infant botulism, symptoms of which\u00a0include muscle weakness, breathing problems and constipation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sam, from Singapore, shared the heart-wrenching story of a two-month-old infant who seemingly developed medical problems overnight despite being exclusively breastfed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/03\/75667153-12542833-A_doctor_has_revealed_one_seemingly_harmless_food_that_is_fatal_-a-1_1695262921888.jpg\" height=\"490\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A doctor has revealed one seemingly &#8216;harmless&#8217; food that is fatal for infants &#8211; and how consuming less than a spoonful of it can cause paralysis, nerve damage, and even death<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0I&#8217;m a cardiac surgeon &#8211; here&#8217;s what I eat every day and why you&#8217;ve been doing it wrong your whole life\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/03\/75625365-12542833-image-a-26_1695261705023.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"586\"><\/p>\n<p>If you saw the labels before, now you know why ! Infants are less than 1 year of age. Case from PMC 3028016. While it is rare, it is completely avoidable if you heed pre-exisiting recommendations. #skingapore #gpsamuel #drsam #doctorsoftiktok #drsamuel #singaporedoctor #tiktokdoctor #drsamuelgp #LearnOnTikTok #tiktoksg #publichealth #infants #baby #newfearunlocked\ud83d\udd13 #newfearunlocked #honey #botox #clostridiumbotulinum #clostridium #Botulinum Toxins #botulinumtoxin #infantilebotulism #poorfeeding #marypoppins #spoonfulofsugar #honeycomb What should I not feed a baby ? Not feed this to an infant ? Is honey safe for infants ? Can i give honey to babies ? SUMMARY : NO HONEY TO CHILDREN BELOW AGE OF 1. #honeyishrunkthekids #paediatrics #medicalstories #familymedicine <\/p>\n<p>The baby suddenly stopped drinking milk and went completely limp when held up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doctors found poor muscle tone and the baby was admitted to the hospital but soon developed seizures, chest infections, and difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sam explained, &#8216;The medical team ran a wide spectrum of tests but couldn&#8217;t find the underlying problem &#8211; the baby was moved to the ICU and the doctors started to discuss end of life care with the parents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All seemed lost &#8211; until they sent his stool for testing and and found clostridium botulinum, a bacteria which produces a toxin that paralyses muscle.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/02\/75667157-12542833-image-a-24_1695261405982.jpg\" height=\"305\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The doctor revealed that both raw and processed honey contain the bacteria<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation found that the parents had dipped the baby&#8217;s pacifier in honey to make it more appealing to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Honey is safe for children over the age of one, but a younger baby&#8217;s gut is not sufficiently developed to fight off the bacteria.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The spores entered the baby&#8217;s gut and reproduced &#8211; wrecking havoc and eventually resulting in infantile botulism,&#8217; Dr Sam said.\u00a0&#8216;Thankfully the baby was treated and discharged after spending a month in the hospital.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The doctor also revealed that both raw and processed honey contain the bacteria &#8211; which is why\u00a0honey comes with a warning not to feed it to infants under one year of age.<\/p>\n<h3>What do you need to know about infantile botulism?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>What is botulism?<\/h2>\n<p>A serious illness that results in paralysis, nerve damage, and possible death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is caused by\u00a0bacteria clostridium botulinum &#8211; a germ normally dormant in soil and dust which can get into honey.<\/p>\n<h2>Is honey safe?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Not for children under one. A younger baby\u2019s gut is not sufficiently developed to fight off bacteria. The condition can be fatal in five to ten per cent of cases.<\/p>\n<h2>What are symptoms?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Constipation, inability to suck, poor feeding, floppy head and muscles, droopy eyelids, tiredness, difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n<h2>What else is a risk?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Soil, dust, herbal teas, homeopathic treatments, terrapins, canned foods, home preserved fruit, vegetables, or meat.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Healthdirect Australia\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many thanked Dr Sam for his health advice and preventing them from making a deadly mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank you for your knowledge &#8211; I hope it helps other parents,&#8217; a woman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My doctor specifically told me not to give my child any honey until he was two years old,&#8217; another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;How terrifying &#8211; thankfully the baby turned out okay,&#8217; a third said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/health\/article-12542833\/doctor-sam-tiktok-infant-botulism-baby-honey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a doctor and parents, you need to stop feeding your babies honey right now Doctor reveals why you should never feed infants honey READ MORE:\u00a0Fertility doctor shares the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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