Normally, cytostatic therapy (cancer therapy) is a long-term therapy of various active substances with many side effects, so breastfeeding must be advised. For the topic of general cytostatic therapy, see the topic “Cytostatics” below.
For all the benefits of breastfeeding, there may be circumstances that put the baby at risk, making it necessary to discontinue or temporarily interrupt breastfeeding. In this case, the risk may come from the mother herself, for example, through the use of medications. Almost every active ingredient passes into breast milk and thus enters the … Drugs and Breastfeeding
There are few reasons to stop breastfeeding for a longer period of time or to stop breastfeeding. In the case of infectious diseases of the mother, it must be decided on a case-by-case basis whether weaning is recommended. This is because pathogens can be transmitted with the mother’s milk and trigger the corresponding disease in … Communicable Diseases in the Breastfeeding Period
