tips and safety precautions for parents of babies and children against swine fever are coming by the Company Italian Neonatology (Sin) which will shortly circulate a mini catalog information for the H1N1 virus spread in all maternity facilities. The brouchure will serve to give news about the issues that may affect the mother, the infant, breast-feeding, as well as useful tips and environmental hygiene to prevent infection of 'swine flu. The prevention, say the neonatologists' is in fact, never as in this case, extremely important, can not be carried out vaccination of children under 6 months of life and being with specific antiviral therapy can only be under strict medical supervision in case of serious illness or in the presence of clinical conditions are most at risk such as prematurity, congenital heart disease, broncodisplasia . The main indications for the prevention of swine fever in the document: - Vaccination of health care workers and parents of newborn babies (if the mother has not already been vaccinated during pregnancy) or at least anyone who takes care of the baby constantly ;
- Limiting the period of maximum expansion of the H1N1 virus of visits from family and friends, especially if they are not healthy;
- Promotion of breastfeeding, however, pulling the milk with the pump in the presence of symptoms flu and taking them to attack the baby at the breast at least 24 hours after the disappearance of fever , while continuing to take certain precautions such as masks over nose and mouth, clean clothes, thorough hand-washing, for another week. The maternal treatment with antiviral drugs is not a contraindication to the use of breast milk;
- Try to avoid the baby as much as possible all the situations where there is crowding of people, such as shopping malls, supermarkets, offices, ceremonies.
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