Abbot Labs and Meade Inc. Are Obligated To Know About The Dangers Of Feeding Premature Babies Their Formula And To Inform Parents And Physicians

Premature babies need nutrition their delicate system can tolerate not just fattening up from synthetic baby formula

Thursday, December 9, 2021 - Doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators are all responsible for caring for babies born prematurely. Most important is a premie's nutritional needs. Experts in the past have recommended that premies are fed synthetically engineered cow's milk baby formula as a nutritional supplement to supposedly help a premie catch up in weight to a baby born after full-term. While synthetic baby formulas are high in fat and help a premie put on weight, they are not necessarily healthy for the child. There is a good deal of evidence to suggest that a premie's delicate digestive system and intestinal tract may not allow the synthetic nutrients to be assimilated into the blood and could damage the stomach, intestine, and bowels. Recent research suggests that some brands of baby formula are detrimental to the physical and neurological development of a premature baby. Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson & Company have failed to warn concerned parents and medical professionals that their Enfamil and Similac baby formulas may cause necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a life-threatening condition for premature newborn babies. Nowhere on the product’s website are the premie NEC risks mentioned. Parents have filed NEC formula lawsuits to try and hold the company accountable for their negligence.

Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson & Company are ignoring the mounting evidence linking their baby formula and a premature infant developing a deadly disease. The companies continue to make sales representations via the internet to unsuspecting parents and physicians, telling them that their infant formula is safe, contains superior nutrition, and will help a baby put on weight. Abbot tells parents on their website: "Similac NeoSure is complete nutrition* for babies born prematurely. Our post-discharge baby formula has increased protein, vitamins, and minerals compared to term infant formula and promotes excellent catch-up growth. This special blend has protein, calories, vitamins, and minerals, including calcium, to help your baby grow. Similac NeoSure is from the #1 infant formula brand for premature babies." If you have health concerns or have a premature baby that has developed NEC you should speak with an NEC Baby Formula attorney to see if you qualify to file a claim.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) can cause stomach and intestinal ulcerations, leading to serious life-threatening infections for prematurely born infants. When an ulcer occurs, undigested stomach contents leak into the abdominal cavity, and bacteria develops. The bacteria makes its way back into the ulcerated wound causing infection. Clinical signs that your premature baby has developed NEC are stomach bloating and hardness, diarrhea, vomiting green bile, and a high temperature. NEC is a serious condition that must be taken seriously. MedScape.com tells us, "The mortality rate in NEC ranges from 10% to more than 50% in infants who weigh less than 1500 g, depending on the severity of disease, compared with a mortality rate of 0-20% in babies who weigh more than 2500 g." Abbot and Mead have been abhorrently negligent in failing to warn parents and physicians of what they know or have an obligation to know about the connection between their infant formula and developing the deadly disease.

More Recent NEC Formula Lawsuit News:

• Enfamil And Similac Lawsuits May Wind Up In Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) | 2/1/2022
• Support Growing In The Medical Community To Ban Cow's Milk Infant Formula | 1/24/2022
• Premature Babies Need Breastmilk To Avoid NEC And Fight Infection | 1/20/2022
• Lawsuits Detail Gruesome Surgeries That Premie's Face After Being Fed Enfamil and Similac Infant Formula | 1/18/2022
• Mothers Of Premie Babies Should Pump And Store Breast Milk, Avoiding The Need For Artificial Infant Formula | 1/13/2022
• Another Premie Infant Dies From Baby Formula Flesh-Eating Disease (NEC) | 1/7/2022
• Similac Falsely Claims To Be Structurally Identical To A Mother's Breast Milk | 1/3/2022
• Mead Johnson Denies Enfamil Causes Necrotising Enterocolitis | 12/28/2021
• Diarrhea Could Signal A Serious Digestive System Problem For Prematurely Born Infants | 12/21/2021
• The Nutritional Requirements Of Babies Born Prematurely Can Not Be Synthetically Engineered | 12/15/2021
• Premature Babies Should Be Fed Mothers Milk To Avoid NEC From Feeding Them Infant Formula | 12/13/2021
• Low Body Fat Is A Problem That Most Prematurely-Born Babies Suffer From | 12/7/2021
• Feeding Babies Mother's Breastmilk Rather Than Infant Formula Could Save The Lives of About 900 American Children Per Year | 12/6/2021
• Abbot Labs May Have Misrepresented The Nutritional Value Of Similac Baby Formula As Being Like Breast Milk | 11/30/2021
• Breastmilk Is Safer Than Infant Formula To Feed Premature Babies | 11/23/2021
• Children That Are Born Prematurely Struggle To Thrive On Synthetic Baby Formula | 11/16/2021
• Parents Of Children With NEC Should Consult An NEC Lawyer For Legal Advise | 11/16/2021
• The Parents Of Premature Babies Should Watch For The Symptoms Of Toxic Infant Formula | 11/16/2021

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