Information on the NHS website about drinking while breastfeeding saw its biggest increase over Christmas last year, new figures show.
The most viewed pages on Christmas and Boxing Day in 2023 were advice on coughs, colds and chest infections.
But some people wanted to know about it too. Drinking and breastfeedingAlcohol poisoning and rabies, NHS England said.
Page views on burns and scrapes and more How to treat them also increased.
In terms of health conditions, the most visited page after Covid-19 was winter vomiting. Norovirus with 19,170 visits during the 48-hour festival in 2023.
About 17,398 other visits – about one every 10 seconds – were for chest infections, while diarrhea and vomiting pages had 11,789 views.
Overall views on NHS website pages relating to breastfeeding and drinking were down, but increased by 146% – from 1,028 to 2,526 – compared to the week before Christmas.
The NHS advises that alcohol can pass into your breast milk and then into your baby.
An occasional drink is unlikely to harm your baby, especially if you wait at least two hours after drinking before breastfeeding, it adds, but warns: “Regularly Drinking more than the recommended amount can be harmful to you and your baby.”
The number of people receiving information also increased by 60 percent. Alcohol poisoning With hits ranging from 1,268 to 2,008, compared to a typical 48 hours during the festival period.
And visit the About pages Animal and human bites A third rose to 1,494 from 1,128.
Hits on NHS pages about rabies increased by 123% to 1,564 over Christmas compared to 700 the week before.
Page views on burns and burns and how to treat them increased from 1,782 to 2,748 compared to the week before Christmas.
Professor Sir Stephen Powes, NHS England’s medical director, said accidents and injuries can happen and the NHS website and NHS app are available around the clock to provide help and information.
“So if you burn yourself putting a roast potato in the oven, or you pick up a winter virus and want some help to manage the symptoms, the NHS website tells you what to do. Great place to get useful advice.”
He said NHS staff would be working hard throughout the festive season to provide care to those in need.
Anyone needing emergency help should call 999, or 111 for less urgent health needs.