Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pradumn Sunil Ambekar (Ph.D. Student)M.S. (Streerog-Prasutitantra) CSMSS Ayurved college, Kanchanwadi, Aurangabad.
Date of Acceptance: 2022-11-02
Date of Publication:2022-11-27
Article-ID:AYU_53_11_22 https://ayuscript.com
Source of Support: Nill
Conflict of Interest: None declared
How To Cite This Article: Ambekar P.S., Anandrao H.A., Deshmukh J.S. Management of Lactation Insufficiency in Postnatal care. A critical review of the literature.
Lactation is beneficial to mother’s health as well as provides specific nourishments for the baby. Lactation insufficiency is a major issue in developing countries as the use of breast milk substitutes increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in infants. The breast milk supplements cause malnutrition in the infants which ranges from 23%to 63% during the first 4 months after delivery. This article is about literary research in English language of incidence, pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis and current update on treatment of lactation insufficiency from different sources such as PubMed, other web sites, reference books, Ayurvedic Samhitas. The formula feed baby 3 times more likely to die due to respiratory infection, 14 times prone to die due to diarrhea than breast feed baby. Therefore, lactation insufficiency should be managed carefully.
KEYWORDS: Postpartum period, lactation, breastfeeding, Lactation insufficiency, galactagogue.
