Vitamin K helps the blood
to clot and prevents serious bleeding. Older children and adults get most of
their vitamin K from bacteria in the gut, and some from their diet. With the
less amount of vitamin K, small cuts can go on bleeding for a very long time
and big injury can happen from small injuries. Bleeding can also occur in other
parts of the body, such as the brain (causing one type of stroke).
Newborn babies are born
with low levels of vitamin K, but it is in enough only for a certain period. If
vitamin K levels drop too low, there will be a spontaneously bleed internally
which varies from person to person. We acquire about 90% of vitamin K from diet
which includes mostly leafy green vegetables and about 10% from bacteria in our
intestines.
Why
is vitamin K important for baby?
Babies do not get enough
vitamin K from their mothers during pregnancy, or when they are breastfed. Absence
of vitamin K in babies, they are at risk of getting a rare disorder called
‘vitamin K deficiency bleeding’ (VKDB). VKDB can cause bleeding into the brain
and may result in brain damage or even death. VKDB can be prevented by giving
new babies extra vitamin K. By the age of about six months, they have built up
their own supply. The easiest and most reliable way to give babies vitamin K is
by injection. One injection just after birth will protect a baby for many
months.
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