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 ...

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 ...

In 2001, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Neonatal Research Network reported (from a data set of 14 centers) an overall incidence of proven NEC of 7% in very ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.