Breastfeeding, better than Beyfortus, to prevent going to the emergency room due to respiratory syncytial virus and bronchiolitis

2023-12-13 14:20:52

The retired doctor tells Juan Gervas in it blog of another doctor, Rafael Bravoabout non-vaccine Beyfortus (nirsivamab).

This drug is a monoclonal antibody that is given to newborns and babies to prevent hospital admissions for bronchiolitis (which is supposed to cause that virus).

As we are publishing, it is an injectable medication (that is why, and for marketing purposes, they call it a “vaccine”), which is being offered to treat Respiratory syncytial virus (VRS):

The new treatment for childhood bronchiolitis, Beyfortus: ineffective, expensive and dangerous

Gérvas insists on two ideas: These hospital admissions are pediatrician-dependent, that is, they are not from the Emergency Department but because the pediatrician decides so, and

Beyfortus does not compensate benefits with harms!

Juan Gervasmedical ex-professor of Public Health.

The doctor says that if you take your child to hospital emergencyFor bronchiolitis there is no specific treatment: adrenaline, antibiotics, corticosteroids, antitussives, salbutamol, nebulized hypertonic saline soil, etc. are not useful.

«Unfortunately, if you go to the Emergency Room, admission depends on the pediatrician let him see it. There are those who label all children to justify their admission and there are rare and sensible ones who barely enter with the bronchiolitis diagnosis”, he argues.

The most important thing, says Gérvas, is continue breastfeeding That does prevent bronchiolitis, pneumonia, otitis and admissions and mortality.

Photo by Helena Jankovičová Kováčová.

And the risk of hospitalization due to lower respiratory tract infections such as bronchiolitis is reduced by 72% in the first year whether infants are exclusively breastfed for more than four months:

Breastfed children, compared to formula fed babies, had a lower incidence of respiratory diseases during the first 13 weeks of life (25.6 vs. 37%). The incidence of wheezing and lower respiratory tract infection was lower in the breastfed children, compared to formula-fed babies, in the first 4-6 months of life. Premature babies who were breastfed had fewer days of upper respiratory tract symptoms, compared to those who were formula-fed, during the first seven months of life (17.6 vs. 38 days). The hospitalization rate for lower respiratory diseases was reduced in infants exclusively breastfed compared to those who never received BF. There was a trend toward reduced hospitalization in children who were partially breastfed compared to those who never received BF.

As I always tell you, read that entire report based on several systematic reviews of the scientific literature, if you are interested. And I write this because yes, there is a campaign marketing announcing that hospitalizations of minors for bronchiolitis fall in several autonomous communities and which is thanks to certain vaccines and treatments.

Some advice: Breastfeed your babies at will, which is the best way to prevent these respiratory diseases.

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