what is the benefitfor vitamin K for the baybes only?

Answer 1

Vitamin K is needed by humans for blood clotting. Older children and adults get most of their vitamin K from bacteria in the gut, and some from their diet. Without enough vitamin K, small cuts can go on bleeding for a very long time and big bruises can happen from small injuries. Bleeding can also occur in other parts of the body, such as the brain (causing one type of stroke).

Babies have very little vitamin K in their bodies at birth. Vitamin K does not cross the placenta to the developing baby, and the gut does not have any bacteria to make vitamin K before birth. After birth, there is little vitamin K in breast milk and breastfed babies can be low in vitamin K for several weeks until the normal gut bacteria start making it. Infant formula has added vitamin K, but even formula-fed babies have very low levels of vitamin K for several days.

With low levels of vitamin K, some babies can have very severe bleeding - sometimes into the brain, causing significant brain damage. This bleeding is called haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN).

So basicaly it is to make it so they can properly clot, rather then bleed like crazy.

Answer 2

No Vitamin K causes clotting, babies when they need to prevent bleeding from the umbilcal cord and adults that have low levels and a problem with bleeding or are they are taking medicines like Coumadin a blood thinner when their blood levels are too thin, Vitamin K is the antidote prevents them from bleeding out. Most folks taht don't have that problem get Vitamin K in there regular diet dark leify green, orange juice, etc