Did your premature infant develop Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) after receiving baby formula in the NICU or hospital?

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Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious and often deadly gastrointestinal injury. This can occur after premature infants are fed certain brands of baby formula in the hospital or NICU. These brands include Similac or Enfamil. Cow milk based formulas like the previous ones mentioned greatly increase the risk of infants contracting NEC.

Premature infants can develop NEC when harmful bacteria ruptures the walls of the intestines. These sections of the intestine often become inflamed and if left untreated these inflamed sections often die. As the tissues die there is a high risk that the bacteria will leak into the abdomen and or infiltrate the bloodstream.

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Did your premature infant develop necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) after receiving baby formula in the NICU or hospital?
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Was your baby given Similac® or Enfamil® baby formula or milk fortifier?
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NEC often has a progressive timeline. The beginning stages of mild feeding problems to systemic sepsis infection is often short.
If treated too late other life-altering conditions include:
  • Narrowing of the intestines
  • Short bowel syndrome
  • Developmental delays

Most cases a premature infant that is diagnosed with NEC results in surgery to remove the dead, dying portions and repair the holes through an ostomy procedure. Though surgery can result in saved lives it can leave infants with life-long injuries or disabilities. Unfortunalty 30% of preemies who undergo surgery result in death.

Baby Formula Lawsuit allegations over NEC Risk

These formula makers have a duty to properly research and disclose potential risks so doctors and parents can make informed decisions around what to feed their children. Allegations raised against Enfamil and Similac specify:

  • Cow’s milk-based formulas greatly increases the risk for premature infants to develop NEC
  • The warning labels on the formula are egregiously broad and thus fail to reasonably disclose the risks of NEC, the potential surgery outcomes, nor the death of preemies.
  • These companies have lobbied and campaigned with billions of dollars to target marketing towards mothers to discourage breastfeeding.
  • These products were introduced on the market misleadingly as derivatives of breast milk when in fact cow milk based products
  • Despite known NEC risks surrounding cow milk based formulas Enfamil and Similac were sold to parents and hospitals for years, generating large profits at the expense to people’s families and cost of lives.

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