Q. How do I know the hospital will respect my wishes and not vaccinate or inject my newborn with vitamin K?
A. Why would you want to avoid it? The vitamin K injection is important because newborn babies have very little vitamin K. A small proportion of babies suffer bleeding due to vitamin K deficiency (VKDB). Giving a vitamin K injection prevents this problem.
While VKDB is rare it can cause bleeding from the nose and mouth or into the brain. You won't always be able to see this bleeding. It can lead to brain damage or even death. While there are certain factors that increase the risk of bleeding, it isn't always possible to identify high or low risk babies so the injection is a good idea.
Some parents are concerned over the vitamin K injection at birth due to the concerns over childhood cancer that were raised by some studies in the early 90�s but other studies have NOT confirmed this.
HepB at birth you could actually skip and give later. A newborn unlikely produces any response to it.
While VKDB is rare it can cause bleeding from the nose and mouth or into the brain. You won't always be able to see this bleeding. It can lead to brain damage or even death. While there are certain factors that increase the risk of bleeding, it isn't always possible to identify high or low risk babies so the injection is a good idea.
Some parents are concerned over the vitamin K injection at birth due to the concerns over childhood cancer that were raised by some studies in the early 90�s but other studies have NOT confirmed this.
HepB at birth you could actually skip and give later. A newborn unlikely produces any response to it.
in what ways can you get more vitamin k? why is it good for you?
Q. what does vitamin k give you? how can you get more? for example, what types of foods or drink increase vitamin k? what types of problems can it help?
A. Vitamin K is essential for clotting the blood.
It also plays a role in ensuring the health of bones.
Food sources of vitamin k include cabbage, spinach, soybeans, lettuce, canola oil, and margarine.
Some deficiencies of vitamin k Include:
Heavy menstrual bleeding*
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Hematuria (blood in the urine)
Nosebleeds
Eye hemorrhages
Anemia
Gum bleeding
Prolonged clotting times
Hematomas
Hemorrhaging
Ovarian Hemorrhaging
Easy bruising
Also..
Prolonged consumption of megadoses of vitamin K (menadione) results in anemia, which is a reduced level of red blood cells in the bloodstream. When large doses of menadione are given to infants, they result in the deposit of pigments in the brain, nerve damage, the destruction of red blood cells (hemolysis), and death. A daily injection of 10 mg of menadione into an infant for three days can kill the child. This tragic fact was discovered during the early days of vitamin research, when newborn infants were injected with menadione to prevent a disease known as hemorrhagic disease of the newborn. Today a different form of vitamin K is used to protect infants against this disease.
It also plays a role in ensuring the health of bones.
Food sources of vitamin k include cabbage, spinach, soybeans, lettuce, canola oil, and margarine.
Some deficiencies of vitamin k Include:
Heavy menstrual bleeding*
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Hematuria (blood in the urine)
Nosebleeds
Eye hemorrhages
Anemia
Gum bleeding
Prolonged clotting times
Hematomas
Hemorrhaging
Ovarian Hemorrhaging
Easy bruising
Also..
Prolonged consumption of megadoses of vitamin K (menadione) results in anemia, which is a reduced level of red blood cells in the bloodstream. When large doses of menadione are given to infants, they result in the deposit of pigments in the brain, nerve damage, the destruction of red blood cells (hemolysis), and death. A daily injection of 10 mg of menadione into an infant for three days can kill the child. This tragic fact was discovered during the early days of vitamin research, when newborn infants were injected with menadione to prevent a disease known as hemorrhagic disease of the newborn. Today a different form of vitamin K is used to protect infants against this disease.
Are there any nutrients or vitamins that are dangerous to have too much of?
Q. Besides vitamin K and iron, are there any other nutrients or vitamins that it is too dangerous to have too much of? I take a multi vitamin daily and try to get plenty of vitamins in my diet. I want to make sure that there isn't any danger of having too much of one thing.
A. Calcium actually. And if you take/eat a lot of calcium, make sure you have just as much Vitamin D in your system. Calcium is hard to absorb without D and can lead to kidney stones. Magnesium and Phoshorus also aren't good to have too much of. Some vitamins though, like Vitamin C, you can have up to 300% of the Daily Value in one day and be fine. (My boyfriend tried those "Smoke Away" pills for quitting smoking. He needed to take 3 pills 3 times a day, and each dose was 300% Vitamin C. So he was getting 900% of the DV each day for 3 weeks and nothing happened to him. So Vitamin C isn't much to worry about either. Although I don't suggest you take that much for very long unless you need to.) -By the way, the Smoke Away pills DID work, but only for a short period of time until the little pills that you take when you get a craving ran out, then he went back to smoking again. Just in case you were wondering lol.
Don't worry too much about overdosing on Vitamin K and Iron because you might end up getting too little and that's not good either. You need at least 50% of the Daily Value of them or you can start feeling fatigued and getting cramps (especially leg cramps which are most associated with Potassium (K) deficiencies). Potassium is water-soluble though, so if you drink a lot of water, it washes out of your system faster and you need more of it. But if you only drink about 8 glasses or less of water per day, aim for 100% of the DV in a day.
Iron is also neccessary to keep your blood thick and healthy. Too much iron won't really HURT you either, per se. My ex once took 6 times the DV of iron by accident before donating blood (he read it as 100mg being 18% instead of 18mg being 100%) and took 6 iron pills to get over the 100% level lol! He was fine, his blood was just really "heavy" as the nurse explained. They still accepted it though. It's probably not good to do that very often though, so be careful.
Don't worry too much about overdosing on Vitamin K and Iron because you might end up getting too little and that's not good either. You need at least 50% of the Daily Value of them or you can start feeling fatigued and getting cramps (especially leg cramps which are most associated with Potassium (K) deficiencies). Potassium is water-soluble though, so if you drink a lot of water, it washes out of your system faster and you need more of it. But if you only drink about 8 glasses or less of water per day, aim for 100% of the DV in a day.
Iron is also neccessary to keep your blood thick and healthy. Too much iron won't really HURT you either, per se. My ex once took 6 times the DV of iron by accident before donating blood (he read it as 100mg being 18% instead of 18mg being 100%) and took 6 iron pills to get over the 100% level lol! He was fine, his blood was just really "heavy" as the nurse explained. They still accepted it though. It's probably not good to do that very often though, so be careful.
What vitamin deficiency causes under eye bags?
Q. I'm only 18 and I have terrible bags under my eyes. I always look tired even if I've slept a full night. I didn't used to have this problem. What vitamins might I be lacking? What can I eat to make sure I have a greater intake of those vitamins?
Please help.
Please help.
A. vitamin K or B12
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