The breast milk improved her immunity levels and helped her test negative within a week, according to the case reported in an article published in the journal Viruses
In a rare case, Brazilian scientists used breast milk to treat COVID-19 in a woman with a rare genetic disease that makes her immune system unable to combat viruses and other pathogens.
The patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19, in March 2021, tested positive for 124 days by RT-PCR. She was advised by the team from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paulo, to take 30 millilitres of breast milk every three hours for a week.
The breast milk was donated by a woman who had been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. The breast milk improved her immunity levels and helped her test negative within a week, according to the case reported in an article published in the journal Viruses.
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