The Amendment of Antibacterial Properties and Bacterial Abundance of Breast Milk in Mothers with Hypothyroidism

Author(s): Esther Lebonah Dulla, Chandra Sekhar kathera, Blessina Sugandhi Dulla, Sreevani Sreemanthula and PramodaKumari Jasti*

Abstract: Breast milk is the specific bio-fluid which nourishes infants by its special composition of nutrients, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, biologically active components, and bioactive components. These components protect against infectious pathogens and develop the neonatal immune system. The long time ago, people believed that breast milk was sterile. But breast milk harbours different microbial communities which offer antibacterial properties against some human pathogens. As we have the doubt whether the hypothyroidism controls the probiotic bacteria of the victims, here, we tested 12 milk samples of healthy and thyroid (6+6=12) breast milk for their bacterial count and antibacterial properties by agar well diffusion method. Here, some paediatric pathogens like Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Streptococcus pneumonia collected from infant’s stool were tested to find their susceptibilities by the antibacterial activity of the breast milk. Results had shown that low bacterial count and lower antibacterial properties in the breast milk samples of people with hypothyroidism when compared to that of healthy people (P < 0.01). Finally, we found that Staphylococcus aureus is more susceptible among the two other pathogens. The present results emphasize the variation in both the bacterial count and antibacterial properties of breast milk bacterial communities in healthy and people with hypothyroidism. Thus, this research paper delineates the protective role of breast milk against various paediatric diseases and their perspective consequences both in healthy and people with hypothyroidism.

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