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Treatment For Weight Gain And Blood In Stool Of A Child
Hi, My 5.5 month old daughter has a dairy allergy. We have been feeding her an elemental, hypoallergenic formula called neocate and it has been working fine. She has also started an organic rice cereal (no dairy!). She is scheduled to see a gastroenterologist ped in a couple weeks. In the last few days we have found trace amounts of mucousy blood in her stool (2 times). Should I be concerned and see a doctor right away? She is fine otherwise and has been gaining weight. Thank you, Angela
Hi...I went through the history points you have provided -
I feel that your baby is having cow's milk protein allergy. Unusually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age.
My suggestions for you - 1. Mother should go off cow's milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow's milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them. 2. Feed you baby only exclusive breast feeds till 6 months of age and then start rice based feeds. 3. If this is followed scrupulously - the baby will stop having diarrhoea in another 3-4 days and then start gaining weight too. 4. If you feel your feeds alone are inadequate for the baby, then Zerolac is the only option. I request you to keep me posted about the recovery of the baby and follow of the case. Regards – Dr. Sumanth
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Treatment For Weight Gain And Blood In Stool Of A Child
Hi...I went through the history points you have provided - I feel that your baby is having cow s milk protein allergy. Unusually babies grow out of this sort of allergy by 1 year of age. My suggestions for you - 1. Mother should go off cow s milk protein completely. This means that you should avoid consumption of anything and everything related to cow s milk - like - milk/ curds/ ghee/ butter milk/ chocolates/ biscuits/ ice creams etc. Even while buying commercial food products, you need to see the ingredients and if they contain milk - do not consume them. 2. Feed you baby only exclusive breast feeds till 6 months of age and then start rice based feeds. 3. If this is followed scrupulously - the baby will stop having diarrhoea in another 3-4 days and then start gaining weight too. 4. If you feel your feeds alone are inadequate for the baby, then Zerolac is the only option. I request you to keep me posted about the recovery of the baby and follow of the case. Regards – Dr. Sumanth