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Vitamin k

Category: Child health

Topic: Babies and toddlers

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Vitamin K helps the blood to clot and prevents serious bleeding. Newborn babies are born with very small amounts of vitamin K in their bodies so they are given vitamin K injections to prevent a serious disease called haemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN).

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Last updated:
22 August 2017

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