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can you catch an STD from breastmilk?

(8 posts)

  1. chafarm123
    Member

    Yes, this is why women who are donating milk for sick or premature infants are checked for HIV.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. Jenni
    Member

    Herpes can all so if the women gets an outbreak there. Im 6mo prego and have herpes. I asked the Dc if I can breast feed she said yes I can. Im on meds for it and havent had any kind of out break for a year.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. Nikohl
    Member

    yes . you can catch an std through semen , vaginal fluids , blood , and breast milk .

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. norton g
    Member

    Harson, Though not everyone might agree that breastmilk is "sexually transmitted," be aware that the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) that leads to AIDS is highly infectious to a newborn child who breastfeeds milk from a mother who is HIV positive from this STD. This is very common in Uganda and South Africa where substitute "milk cow type" (lactating HIV negative) other mothers are used to breast feed HIV-negative newborns of HIV-positive mothers.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. tahleeahh
    Member

    yes

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. IaVE8kX
    Member

    Herpes can all so if the women gets an outbreak there. Im 6mo prego and have herpes. I asked the Dc if I can breast feed she said yes I can. Im on meds for it and havent had any kind of out break for a year.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. methods
    Member

    Yes. virus like hiv can be there

    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. LINDSEY S
    Member

    Depends on the std. If it's some thing that can be passed through body fluids then possibly.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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