Exploring the impact of exclusive bottle feeding on infant serum calcium and vitamin D₃ levels in Diyala governorate, Iraq: A comprehensive study with implications for optimizing pediatric oncology and radiotherapy care

Abstract

Author(s): Saif Hakeem Tofiq*, Haider Jwad Dawod

Background: The infant receives just formula milk and no other foods when exclusively bottle fed. The newborn receives just breast milk without any additional nutrients during exclusive breastfeeding. Infants that receive a combined feeding receive breast milk, bottle milk, and other meals. Since formula feeding does not contain all of the essential nutrients needed for an infant's physiological development and growth during the first six months of life, it serves as an incomplete source of nutrient.

Objectives: The goal of this research is to ascertain the impact of feeding type on the incidence of hypocalcaemia and blood vitamin D₃ levels.

Patients and methods: Fifty patients were enrolled in this study. We collected the sample from the patients that attend Al-Batool teaching hospital in the period from twenty of October 2022 to twenty of April 2023.

Results: Fifty patients were enrolled in this study. They were 27 male and 23 females with age ranged from less than one month to two years. There was significant association between type of feeding and risk of hypocalcaemia and decrease level of vitamin D₃ in blood.

Conclusion: We concluded that there is a strong association between type of feeding and risk of hypocalcaemia and decrease level of vitamin D₃.

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