SEMARANGSELATAN, AYOSEMARANG.COM — Vitamin D turns out to have great benefits for the content.
Pediatrician dr. Putri Maharani Tristanita, said the consumption of vitamin D helps prevent premature babies as well as very low birth weight (BBSLR) babies.
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Putri Maharani added, many studies have reported that vitamin D plays a role in the regulatory process of Treg cells.
Meanwhile, vitamin D levels in newborns are highly dependent on the mother’s vitamin D levels as well.
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“Vitamin D plays a role in the mechanism of surfactant formation. Substances that coat the air sacs to make them flexible and easy to expand. Lack of surfactants will cause RDS events,” he said.
Premature and very low birth weight babies are also a group that is susceptible to intestinal dysbiosis (disorders of intestinal microbiota balance) and enteropathy (intestinal disease).
Intestinal dysbiosis is thought to be one of the things that affect the incidence of drinking disorders in premature babies.
“It takes a good mother’s vitamin D level to produce good baby vitamin D in order to reduce the incidence of disease in premature babies,” he said.
Additional information, Premature babies are those born less than 32 weeks. Meanwhile, LBW conditions are babies born weighing less than 1500 grams.
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