Reduce lactation | PGI Nov 2017 Preparations MCQ

NIME Next Batch PGI Quest in Delhi from 10 August to 20 August

All of the following reduce lactation except :

A. Maternal anxiety 
B. Retracted nipple 
C. Dehydration 
D. Diabetes 
E. Antibiotics

Ans.  C. Dehydration ; (D) Diabetes ; (E) Antibiotics;

Causes of reduced lactation are

* Infrequent suckling

* Depression or anxiety

* Ill development of breast

* Painful breastlesion

* Endogenous supression ofprolactin, e.g. retained placenta.

* Prolactin inhibitors - ergots, diuretics, pyridoxine Uncontrolled diabetes

* Post partum hemorrhage

* Hypothyroidism

In retracted nipple, baby fails to suck and thus lactation is reduced