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2004-06-26

Name: Tara Trupthi Hi all,

Sorry this is long....but I'm a desperate mom now. Please let me know if someone has more info on this.

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

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2007-01-19

Name: kanaka
Subject:

BLOOD IN STOOLS

I have a 3 month old with streaks of blood in poop.I saw Tara, Sindhu,Sarada posting problems of their kids with this issue..When did this reslove for them ?Please elt me know if u read this,,,

2005-02-10

Name: renuka
Subject:

blood streaks

my son too had the same when he was a baby. pl try giving vitamin C-a few drops in the milk. you will see the difference.

2005-01-13

Name: Saradha
Subject:

Tara, please help. I am in the same boat

Hi Tara,

I am exactly in the same boat as you were. My baby boy is 6 months old and I am right now in a hypo-allergenic diet hoping things would get better. Still I see streaks of blood in his diaper with his stools.

What happened in your case? Did you go to the pediatric Gastro-enterologist? I hope things are alright with your baby now. What was the diagnosis? How did it go away?

I am very eager to hear from you. Please help.

Thanks very much in advance,
Saradha

2005-03-11

Name: sindhu
Subject:

guys same problem with my daughter

wow....i am in the same boat as u all r...want to know what is happening with u all...please reply..my daughter is 5 and a half months now too...me going off of dairy produts,weat,nuts and even soy helped a lot....as tara said...my daughter is gaining wait...not colic and very palyful...so will wait and see
thanks
sindhu

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