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One-Mark Questions: Breast Milk and Breastfeeding

(Based on Red Book 2021 - AAP Pediatrics and Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, consistent with Nelson's and OP Ghai's Pediatrics)

SECTION A: Composition of Breast Milk

Q1. What is the caloric value (energy content) of human breast milk per 100 mL? Ans. 70 kcal per 100 mL

Q2. What is the protein content of human breast milk per 100 mL? Ans. 1.1 g per 100 mL

Q3. What is the daily volume of milk secreted by an average Indian mother? Ans. 450 to 600 mL per day

Q4. Which immunoglobulin is predominantly found in breast milk? Ans. Secretory IgA (sIgA)

Q5. Name the iron-binding protein present in breast milk that provides antimicrobial protection. Ans. Lactoferrin

Q6. Name the enzyme present in breast milk that has bacteriolytic (antimicrobial) properties. Ans. Lysozyme

Q7. Which special fatty acids in breast milk contribute to increased IQ and better visual acuity? Ans. Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) - specifically DHA and AA

Q8. What is the approximate IQ advantage of breastfed babies over non-breastfed babies? Ans. Approximately 8 IQ points higher

Q9. Compared to cow's milk, human breast milk contains less of which mineral, thereby reducing the solute load on neonatal kidneys? Ans. Sodium (breast milk contains less sodium than cow's milk)

Q10. What is the calcium-to-phosphorus ratio advantage of human milk over cow's milk? Ans. Human milk has a higher Ca:P ratio, allowing better calcium uptake; cow's milk has excess phosphorus which forms non-soluble calcium soaps

Q11. Human milk is richer than cow's milk in which three trace minerals? Ans. Copper, selenium, and cobalt

Q12. In what form is Vitamin D present in human milk? Ans. Water-soluble form

Q13. Name the first milk secreted after delivery that is rich in antibodies and has a laxative effect. Ans. Colostrum

SECTION B: Advantages of Breastfeeding

Q14. Against which two gastrointestinal conditions does breast milk provide protection through antimicrobial factors? Ans. Diarrhoeal diseases and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)

Q15. Breastfeeding reduces the risk of which two cancers in the mother? Ans. Breast cancer and ovarian cancer

Q16. What is the effect of breastfeeding on maternal postpartum haemorrhage? Ans. Early initiation of breastfeeding lowers the mother's risk of postpartum haemorrhage

Q17. How does breastfeeding act as a natural contraceptive? Ans. It prolongs the period of lactational amenorrhoea (infertility), thus helping in child spacing

Q18. Infant mortality rates in developing countries are how many times higher among non-breastfed infants compared to breastfed infants? Ans. 5 to 10 times higher

Q19. Breastfeeding provides which biochemical protection against neonatal electrolyte imbalances? Ans. Prevention of neonatal hypocalcaemia and hypomagnesaemia

Q20. What is the effect of breastfeeding on the infant's tendency toward obesity? Ans. Breastfeeding protects against obesity

Q21. Suckling at the breast helps in the development of which structures in the infant? Ans. Jaws and teeth

SECTION C: Breastfeeding Practices and Duration

Q22. According to AAP recommendations, for how long should exclusive breastfeeding be practiced? Ans. For the first 6 months of life

Q23. Up to what age does the AAP recommend continuing breastfeeding (with complementary foods)? Ans. Up to 2 years of age

Q24. At what age should complementary (weaning) foods be introduced alongside breastfeeding? Ans. At about 6 months of age

Q25. What does the term "weaning" mean in the context of infant feeding? Ans. Weaning is the gradual process of introducing supplementary foods starting around 6 months - it is NOT sudden withdrawal from the breast

Q26. What is the most critical (vulnerable) period in child development related to feeding transitions? Ans. The weaning period

Q27. Improper weaning may lead to which two forms of protein-energy malnutrition? Ans. Kwashiorkor and marasmus

Q28. What is "demand feeding" in the context of breastfeeding? Ans. Feeding the baby according to the infant's own hunger cues, not by a fixed clock schedule

SECTION D: Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)

Q29. Who created and promotes the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI)? Ans. WHO and UNICEF

Q30. In which year were the BFHI implementation guidelines most recently revised? Ans. 2018

Q31. How many steps does the BFHI package contain? Ans. Ten steps (Step 1a, 1b, 1c, and Steps 2-10)

Q32. According to BFHI Step 7, for how long should rooming-in be practiced? Ans. 24 hours a day

Q33. According to BFHI Step 6, what is the only acceptable reason to give a breastfed newborn food or fluids other than breast milk? Ans. Medical indication

SECTION E: Contraindications to Breastfeeding

Q34. Name the absolute maternal infectious contraindications to breastfeeding. Ans. HIV infection, Human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I or type II, and Ebola virus infection

Q35. In which maternal condition should breastfeeding be temporarily suspended due to breast lesions? Ans. Active herpetic (herpes simplex virus) lesions on the breast

Q36. Which maternal infection (if untreated) requires temporary suspension of breastfeeding? Ans. Untreated brucellosis

Q37. In mothers with infections requiring airborne precautions (e.g., TB, varicella, measles), what is recommended regarding feeding? Ans. The mother should avoid direct contact with the infant, but the infant can be fed the mother's expressed (pumped) milk

SECTION F: Viruses Transmitted via Human Milk

Q38. Which virus may be shed intermittently in human milk and poses greatest risk to very low birth weight preterm infants? Ans. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

Q39. What pasteurization method is used to inactivate CMV in donor human milk? Ans. Holder pasteurization (62.5°C / 144.5°F for 30 minutes)

Q40. Does breastfeeding by an HBsAg-positive mother significantly increase the risk of Hepatitis B infection in the infant who has received appropriate prophylaxis? Ans. No - breastfeeding by HBsAg-positive women does not significantly increase infection risk when the infant receives hepatitis B vaccine within 12 hours of birth

Q41. Which virus has been detected in human milk during and for one month after maternal infection, with confirmed transmission causing fatal encephalitis in an infant? Ans. Ebola virus

Q42. Is HIV transmitted through breast milk? Ans. Yes - maternal HIV infection is an absolute contraindication to breastfeeding

SECTION G: Immunization and Breastfeeding

Q43. Which vaccine is a precaution (not contraindication) in breastfeeding women due to reported cases of vaccine-associated neurologic disease in infants? Ans. Yellow fever vaccine

Q44. In breastfeeding women who receive live attenuated varicella vaccine, is varicella DNA detectable in human milk? Ans. No - varicella DNA is not detectable in human milk after maternal varicella vaccination

Q45. Which vaccine should be administered immediately postpartum to non-immune breastfeeding women? Ans. Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)

SECTION H: Practical and Miscellaneous

Q46. Name the main indications for artificial feeding as an alternative to breastfeeding. Ans. Failure of breast milk, prolonged illness of the mother, or death of the mother

Q47. What is the hierarchical order of preference for feeding sick and/or preterm infants when the mother's fresh milk is unavailable? Ans. (1) Mother's freshly expressed milk → (2) Mother's previously refrigerated/frozen milk → (3) Pasteurized donor human milk

Q48. Why is powdered infant formula NOT recommended for preterm or immunocompromised infants? Ans. Because powdered formulas have been associated with invasive bacteraemia and meningitis due to Cronobacter species (formerly Enterobacter sakazakii), with ~40% mortality

Q49. What is the estimated energy requirement of an infant per kg body weight per day? Ans. 100 kcal/kg/day (approximately 150 mL milk/kg/day)

Q50. What is the protein requirement of an infant during the first 6 months of life? Ans. Approximately 2 g/kg/day

Q51. At what age should undiluted (full-strength) boiled and cooled cow's milk be started when using artificial feeding? Ans. After 4 months of age

Q52. How many times per day should infants be fed (approximate frequency)? Ans. 6 to 8 times per day for young infants; 5 times per day for older babies

Q53. How many children's deaths per year could be prevented globally by breastfeeding, according to WHO estimates? Ans. At least one million children per year

Sources used:

Red Book 2021: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (AAP), Section on Breastfeeding and Human Milk
Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine (Chapter on Feeding of Infants / Child Health)

These sources cover the same evidence base as Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics and OP Ghai's Textbook of Pediatrics on this topic. Nelson and OP Ghai were not available in the library directly; if you have access to specific chapter/page references from those books, additional targeted questions can be added.

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Additional One-Mark Questions: Breast Milk and Breastfeeding

(Continuing from Q53 - Sources: Histology Text & Atlas, Swanson's Family Medicine Review, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, Costanzo Physiology, Red Book AAP, Park's PSM)

SECTION I: Colostrum

Q54. What is the color and reaction (pH) of colostrum? Ans. Yellowish in color; alkaline in reaction

Q55. What is colostrum often called in terms of its role before true milk appears? Ans. "Premilk" - the secretion released in the first few days after childbirth before true lipid-rich milk is produced

Q56. Compared to mature breast milk, colostrum has higher content of which four components? Ans. Higher protein, Vitamin A, sodium, and chloride

Q57. Compared to mature breast milk, colostrum has lower content of which three components? Ans. Lower lipid, carbohydrate, and potassium

Q58. More than half of the protein content of colostrum consumed by breastfeeding neonates consists of which immunoglobulin? Ans. IgA (secretory IgA)

Q59. Name the immunomodulating agents supplied by colostrum (beyond antibodies). Ans. Complement, lysozyme, lactoferrin, cytokines, and interleukins

Q60. Which cells present in colostrum provide passive immunity to the newborn? Ans. Macrophages and lymphocytes (which produce secretory IgA antibodies)

Q61. What happens to the production of colostrum after parturition? Ans. As the lymphocytes and plasma cells (that produce colostral antibodies) decrease in number after delivery, colostrum production stops and lipid-rich milk begins

SECTION B - Extended: Physiology of Milk Production

Q62. Which hormone stimulates lactogenesis (milk production)? Ans. Prolactin (from the anterior pituitary)

Q63. Which hormone is responsible for milk letdown (milk ejection)? Ans. Oxytocin (from the posterior pituitary)

Q64. What is the mechanism of milk letdown by oxytocin? Ans. Oxytocin causes contraction of myoepithelial cells lining small milk ducts, forcing milk into large ducts - it then collects in cisterns and flows out through the nipple

Q65. What stimulates the secretion of oxytocin during breastfeeding? Ans. Suckling (and conditioned responses)

Q66. In which part of the breast are alveolar cells that secrete milk located? Ans. In the alveoli (acini) of the mammary gland

Q67. The lipid (fatty) component of milk is secreted by which type of secretion? Ans. Apocrine secretion (lipid droplets are released with an envelope of plasma membrane)

Q68. Which hormones are responsible for the massive increase in terminal duct lobular units (TDLUs) during pregnancy to prepare for lactation? Ans. Estrogens and progesterone (from corpus luteum and placenta), plus prolactin, human chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS), and adrenal glucocorticoids

SECTION J: Breast Milk Jaundice

Q69. What is the mechanism of breast milk jaundice? Ans. Substances in breast milk inhibit glucuronyl transferase (bilirubin conjugating enzyme), leading to accumulation of unconjugated bilirubin

Q70. When does breast milk jaundice typically start, and when does it peak? Ans. It may start as early as the 3rd to 4th day; it peaks at 10 to 27 mg/dL by the third week of life

Q71. Is breast milk jaundice likely to cause kernicterus? Ans. No - breast milk jaundice is unlikely to cause kernicterus

Q72. What is the recommended treatment when breast milk jaundice reaches significant levels? Ans. Phototherapy (when necessary); cessation of breastfeeding will cause rapid decline of bilirubin in 2-3 days but is NOT routinely recommended

Q73. Distinguish breast milk jaundice from breastfeeding jaundice (starvation jaundice). Ans. Breast milk jaundice is due to inhibition of glucuronyl transferase by a substance in milk (appears at day 3-4, peaks at 3 weeks). Breastfeeding/starvation jaundice occurs when milk supply is inadequate - poor intake leads to reduced stool output and bilirubin excretion, accentuating physiologic jaundice

Q74. How does phototherapy work to treat hyperbilirubinemia? Ans. It causes a configurational change in the bilirubin structure, allowing it to be excreted in the urine without conjugation

SECTION K: Mastitis and Breast Complications

Q75. What proportion of breastfeeding women in the USA develop postpartum mastitis? Ans. One-third (33%) of breastfeeding women

Q76. What percentage of mastitis cases progress to breast abscess? Ans. Up to 10% of mastitis cases

Q77. What pathogens are most commonly associated with mastitis and contaminated expressed human milk? Ans. Staphylococcus species and gram-negative bacilli

Q78. In a case of breast abscess with a drain in place, should breastfeeding on the affected breast be continued? Ans. Yes - breastfeeding on the affected breast should continue as long as the infant's mouth is not in direct contact with purulent drainage or infected tissue

Q79. In infectious mastitis, what is the general recommendation regarding continuation of breastfeeding? Ans. Breastfeeding on the affected side is generally recommended and should continue during appropriate antimicrobial therapy; breastfeeding may continue on the unaffected breast even when interrupted on the affected breast

SECTION L: Tuberculosis and Breastfeeding

Q80. When can a mother with tuberculosis safely breastfeed? Ans. When she has been appropriately treated for 2 or more weeks AND is no longer considered contagious (negative sputum smear)

Q81. If a mother with TB is still considered contagious, what is advised? Ans. She should refrain from breastfeeding and from close contact with the infant (risk of airborne/droplet spread of TB), but expressed human milk can still be fed to the infant (as long as there is no TB mastitis)

Q82. Is tuberculosis mastitis common? Ans. No - tuberculosis mastitis is rare

SECTION M: Rotavirus Vaccine and Breastfeeding

Q83. Does breastfeeding interfere with the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine? Ans. No - in licensing trials, the effectiveness of rotavirus vaccine in breastfed infants was comparable to non-breastfed infants; postmarketing studies showed no improved antibody response when breastfeeding was temporarily withheld before/after vaccination

Q84. What is the effect of breastfeeding on rotavirus disease in infancy? Ans. Breastfeeding reduces the likelihood of rotavirus disease in infancy

Q85. Can high concentrations of poliovirus antibodies in human milk interfere with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) immunogenicity? Ans. Theoretically yes for OPV - but this is NOT a concern with inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV), which is now the standard in the USA

SECTION N: Growth and Weight in Breastfed Infants

Q86. What is the minimum standard weight gain expected per day in a neonate? Ans. 30 g/day

Q87. By what age should all infants regain their birth weight? Ans. By 10 to 14 days of life

Q88. What are two clinical signs at the 2-week visit that indicate adequate breastfeeding? Ans. Frequent wet diapers, frequent stools, coupled with return to birth weight

Q89. New solid foods introduced during weaning should be introduced how frequently? Ans. One new food every 1 to 2 weeks (to monitor for allergy/intolerance)

SECTION O: Drugs and Lactation

Q90. As a general rule, what category of drugs is considered probably safe to use during breastfeeding? Ans. Any drug that can be given safely to a neonate is probably safe to use during breastfeeding

Q91. What does the AAP publish to guide drug use during lactation? Ans. A review of drugs and chemicals that can be safely used during lactation (updated periodically)

Q92. Despite the fact that most drugs are excreted into breast milk in amounts too small to adversely affect neonatal health, what is a common consequence for many women on medications? Ans. Thousands of women taking medications unnecessarily choose not to breastfeed

SECTION P: Miscellaneous / High-Yield Facts

Q93. Which is the only poliovirus vaccine used in the USA currently? Ans. Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV)

Q94. What is the hierarchical preference for feeding immune-protective factors? Ans. Freshly expressed mother's milk > refrigerated/frozen mother's milk > pasteurized donor milk

Q95. Is routine culturing or heat treatment of a mother's milk fed to her own infant recommended? Ans. No - it has not been demonstrated to be necessary or cost-effective

Q96. Freezing human milk at -20°C for the purpose of reducing CMV infectivity - is it advised? Ans. No - while freezing may reduce CMV viral load, it does NOT change the risk of CMV sepsis-like syndrome, and it also reduces the bioactivity of human milk

Q97. For breastfed preterm infants with a CMV-seropositive mother, what pasteurization option reduces CMV transmission while preserving milk quality? Ans. Short-term pasteurization (72°C / 161.6°F for 5 seconds) - it appears to be less harmful to the beneficial constituents of human milk than Holder pasteurization

Q98. Which national initiative in India supports breastfeeding promotion, supported by major professional medical and nursing bodies? Ans. Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), under WHO and UNICEF

Q99. According to BFHI Step 4, what should be facilitated immediately after birth? Ans. Immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact, supporting mothers to initiate breastfeeding as soon as possible after birth

Q100. Powdered bovine colostrum (as a nutritional supplement) has been shown to improve outcomes in children under 2 with diarrhoea caused by which pathogens? Ans. Rotavirus and enteric E. coli

Total: 100 one-mark questions across composition, colostrum, physiology of lactation, advantages, breastfeeding practices, BFHI, contraindications, virus transmission (CMV, Ebola, HIV, HBV), immunization, jaundice (breast milk vs. breastfeeding jaundice), mastitis, TB, drugs in lactation, rotavirus vaccine, and infant growth monitoring.

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