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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Blood-Stained Colostrum: A Rare Phenomenon at an Early Lactation Stage.

Wszołek Katarzyna, Pięt Małgorzata, Więckowska Pająk Agata, Meissner Wioletta, Mazela Jan, Rybicka Katarzyna, Wilczak Maciej

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wszołek KatarzynaGynecological and Obstetrics Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9336-7060
Pięt MałgorzataGynecological and Obstetrics Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Więckowska Pająk AgataDepartment of Neonatology, St. Hedwig of Silesia Hospital, 55-100 Trzebnica, Poland.
Meissner WiolettaGynecological and Obstetrics Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Mazela JanGynecological and Obstetrics Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Rybicka KatarzynaGynecological and Obstetrics Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Wilczak MaciejGynecological and Obstetrics Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznań, Poland.
Poznan University of Medical Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phenomenon described in the literature as rusty pipe syndrome is a rare condition (the estimated incidence is 0.1% in the population of breastfeeding women) where the prenatal milk and the colostrum are rust- or blood-colored. Due to the rare occurrence of this phenomenon and the related nature of the baby's regurgitated discharge-green, brown or blood-stained, there is a general fear of latching a newborn or continuing to breastfeed if the regurgitation persists. In this care report, a patient's milk was tested to determine its microbiological and morphological content. No significant abnormalities were noted in these tests. The nutritional profile of the blood-stained colostrum was normal. Breast milk has an indisputably invaluable impact on the newborn's further development and there is no connection between rusty pipe syndrome, as described in the literature, and any clinical complications. This is crucial to encourage mothers to keep breastfeeding even if they observe blood-stained colostrum.

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bloodbreastfeedingcolostrumlactationnipple secretionrusty pipe syndrome

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PMID35204933
PMCPMC8870239
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