Vitamin K is a fat-soluble nutrient found in a variety of foods. While rare, it’s possible to develop vitamin K deficiency bleeding if your body doesn’t get enough of this important nutrient.

(HealthDay News) – Four cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) have been reported in Tennessee, according to a report published in the Nov. 15 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

What Is Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB)? VKDB occurs when infants cannot stop bleeding because they do not have enough vitamin K in their bodies to help form blood clots.

Since around 1961, doctors in the US have used vitamin K injections to prevent Vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB) in newborns. Infants are born with low levels of vitamin K, which is vital in ...

Case reports of vitamin K deficiency bleeding being diagnosed in previously healthy infants, which not long ago seemed banished to the annals of history, have begun to surface in medical journals.

Vitamin K deficiency typically occurs more commonly in infants than adults. But adults with certain health conditions or who take certain medications may have an increased risk. There are two main ...

Vitamin K deficiency bleeding should be considered when evaluating an infant’s bleeding within their first six months, even if they got the vitamin K shot, and especially for infants who ...

Classic vitamin K deficiency bleeding, although rarely fatal, occurs in the first week of life to 0.25 to 1.7 percent of babies who do not receive the compound.

In the seven cases of vitamin K deficiency encountered in an 8-month period, five of the infants had gastrointestinal or brain bleeding, which can lead to permanent damage or even death.

Learn about vitamin K deficiency in adults and infants. The main symptom of a vitamin K deficiency is bleeding caused by an inability to form blood clots. Medical News Today ...

Accounts of parental refusals date back to 2013, when the CDC reported four cases of deficiency bleeding in Tennessee. The infants' parents said they declined vitamin K because they worried about ...

Statistically, 1 out of every 50 babies who do not get a vitamin K shot at birth will experience vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Of babies who experience bleeding, 1 in 5 will die.