Did Your Premature Baby Develop Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)

After Being Fed Preterm Infant Formula?

A growing amount of scientific literature is showing that infant formulas designed for preterm babies are linked to significantly higher rates of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) -- an extremely serious gastrointestinal inflammatory disease that often results in emergency surgeries and sadly has a 25-50% mortality rate in preterm infants.

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a condition where the baby's intestines become highly inflamed, causing severe injury to the gut wall barrier. Necrosis (tissue death), or holes in the gut wall barrier can develop causing dangerous bacteria to "leak" out of the intestines -- often leaving doctors no choice but to perform emergency surgery in hopes to save the child.

While necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) can occur in full-term infants, preterm infants are as much as five-times more likely to develop NEC.

If your child suffered injury and/or death due to necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) after being fed infant formula, please know there is help available. And please know that you are not alone.

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of parents who have shared the same tragic loss and hardship. Our legal team understands what our clients have endured -- so it's our goal to always be an advocate for your family and all the other families who would do anything to turn back time and have been warned of these risks with bovine milk-based infant formula.

Our legal team is pursuing significant financial compensation on behalf of the families who have been affected by necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) due to use of preterm infant formula.

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What Is Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)?

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious gastrointestinal problem that mostly affects premature babies. It affects roughly 1 in 1,000 premature babies. The risk is greatest for babies weighing less than 2 pounds. The condition inflames intestinal tissue, causing it to die. A hole (perforation) may form in your baby's intestine. Bacteria can leak into the abdomen (belly) or bloodstream through the hole.

Who Are The Formula Lawsuits Against?

The manufacturers are the defendants in these cases. Doctors and Nurses who work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit were not properly warned of the dangers of feeding Similac or Enfamil to babies.

Why Are These Lawsuits Being Filed?

Manufacturers of baby formula have known or should have known that their products could cause NEC. Unfortunately, they failed to warn doctors and the public of the potentially deadly risks associated with their baby formula(s). There have been a number of scientific studies that have found a link between baby formula and increased risk of NEC.

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