Anyone whose premature baby developed necrotizing enterocolitis after being fed cow’s milk-based baby formulas or fortifiers.
Baby Formula and NEC: What’s the Link?
While the cause of necrotizing enterocolitis is not completely understood, medical experts agree that feeding infant formula to premature babies increases their risk of developing the disease while human breast milk decreases this risk.
It’s believed that the digestion of infant formula made with cow’s milk can damage the lining of a premature baby’s intestines, which in turn causes the cells to die and can lead to a hole in the intestinal wall.