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If a woman has syphilis and she is breastfeeding a baby, can the baby get syphilis from sucking and drinking breastmilk?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Syphilis treatment : Somewhere along the line during your pregnancy and the delivery of your baby you must have been treated for syphilis so breat feeding should pose no problem.

Answered 2/10/2013

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