Guest guest Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:26:47 -0400 > From: Alba <alicia@...> > Subject: vitamin k and blood in Spinal fluid. > > > > > This is a late respose to the vitamin k posts--but I > was reading in > <underline>What to Do about your brain Injured Child > </underline> by Glen > Doman that Dr Sharpe a Neuro Surgeon in NY, > did a study on 500 > consecutive births. Within 48 hrs after birth he > examined their > cerebrospinal fluid. In 9% of these assumed > " normal " babies there was > enough blood to be visible to the naked eye. (This > is not blood that > would be caused by the puncture of the needle)> > There is no way to get > blood into the cerebrospinal fluid without there > being some break in the > internal covering of the central nervous system. > He also goes on to say > that 70 to 80% of these children showed blood in > there cerebrospinal > fluid under a microsope. With these types of > numbers of possibly having > some type of break being caused internally---what > risks are you taking by > not having the vitK shot?? This means that 85 > percent of newborns are > having some form of traumatic birth at different > levels. I am very > confused on this matter as to what I should choose > possibly in the > future. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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