Necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, is a serious disease that affects the intestines of (primarily) premature infants. It typically happens within the first 2 weeks of life in babies who are fed ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has widespread implications for neonates. While mostly affecting preterm neonates, full-term neonates, especially those with congenital heart disease, are also at risk.

The FDA recently granted orphan drug and rare pediatric disease designations to Infinant Health for a live biotherapeutic product to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants, the company ...

Share on Pinterest A person with enterocolitis may experience nausea and swelling near the stomach. Necrotizing enterocolitis occurs when tissue death in the intestinal lining accompanies the ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a life threatening gastrointestinal disorder that can cause bowel inflammation in newborns. To help diagnose and classify NEC, doctors may use a variety of ...

Our lives changed forever one quiet Sunday afternoon when Micah’s health rapidly deteriorated, and he was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a disease I had never heard of and knew ...

Rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and late-onset sepsis were not different versus those who did not receive probiotics. Incidence of probiotic sepsis was rare. Use of probiotics in neonatal units ...

Octavia Patton-Ashley is suing Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson, alleging their formula contributed to her son’s death from necrotizing enterocolitis, a condition where part of the intestine ...