Hi all,

I exclusively breastfeed my 5 1/2 month old daughter. She has been having blood streaked stools on and off for the past 4 weeks. Initial inspection of the rectal area by her Pediatrician did not reveal anything abnormal. He suspected that it might be an internal anal fissure and since she was eating, playing and sleeping normally we waited for 2 weeks to see if the problem went away. It did not. So her stool culture and blood were tested for any infection or anemia. She cleared both tests.

We next wanted to check if anything in my diet might be causing an allergy. So I was off dairy, nuts, berries etc to see if it helped. There was no difference again.

Meanwhile I've been applying an antiseptic ointment \";Neosporin\"; to her rectal area with every diaper change. It seems to help for 2 days and then the 3rd day the problem is back.

Interestingly she has blood only in the 2nd or 3rd bowel movement for the day and none in the bulk that she passes in the morning.

We are now wondering if we shud consult a Pediatric Gastro enterologist.

Thanking you much in advance and in anticipation of your reply,
Tara Saradha replied. Hi Tara,

I am eager to know what happened with your baby since its been 6 months. I am exactly in the same boat. I am off of dairy, nuts, berries, eggs and wheat. The stool culture test came out negative and now thinking of consulting a pediatric gastro-enterologist.

Please let me know what happened in your case.

Thanks so much,
Saradha mina replied. Hi there,
When my son was 3 months he had the same problem, i panic and took him to the emergency room. The doctor also called anal fissure, told me to apply vaseline after every diaper change and try to give water through bottle every day. It helped. Never had it again. Tanuja replied. hi,
my son had this problem twice, but in his case , he was constipated and because he was exerting a lot of pressure while passing stools , the thin skin around the anus would tear and hence there would be blood streaks in his stools. just check if ur baby is constipated or is passing stools with lot of pressure. Mom replied. Hi,
I have 2 yrs. old daughter and had the same problem. We discovered she was allergic to Cow's milk protein. Try avoid dairy from your diet for few days and see if that helps.

Thanks, MOm replied. Is she eating anything other than milk? B'coz one of my friend's daughter has so many allergies(she is allergic to lot of foods). I asked my friend how could she find out that she is allergic? then she said, she saw blood in her stools. So, I am thinking prob. she is allergic to something.