Four babies hemorrhage after parents refuse vitamin K shot, a practice on the rise

[pnwmom]

39. Factor 5 isn't that unusual, so I'm not sure you're right.

Up to 8 percent of infants of white European descent have at least one copy of Factor 5 Leiden (which increases the risk of blood clots), and there are other disorders that cause too much clotting, too. But they do have testing for Factor 5 now, thank goodness.

(We have it in our family, too.)

What percent of babies are at risk of hemorrhage if they don't have Vitamin K?

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/factor-v-leiden-thrombophilia

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http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/health/four-babies-hemorrhage-after-parents-refuse-vitamin-k-shot-a/article_2f3f8317-6d00-5998-ad17-3e50cb21f254.html

Without the vitamin K injection, incidence of the early form of the bleeding disorder (up to 2 weeks of age) is 0.25 to 1.7 percent of all births. Incidence of the late form, which tends to be internal bleeding that can go unnoticed, is four to seven out of every 100,000 births.