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...Then came the blood and green poops. There is really no way to shrug off lime green bowel movements with streaks of visible blood throughout. I immediately took Baby E back to the doctor where they took a stool sample and made sure Baby E didn’t have an infection. No infection. And so our journey began. I knew I wanted to continue breastfeeding Baby E, so at the doctor’s recommendation I cut dairy out of...

...Food Allergies Pulling this all together, diarrhea is one of the top signs of a food allergy, especially for infants. In infants with food allergies, diarrhea often lasts more than just a few days and may even be combined with other symptoms. It’s not uncommon to also see blood or mucus in the stool. Diarrhea can also result from lactose intolerance, which is not as severe as a food allergy, but which may also require...

...my son in constant pain — his stomach was always hurting and he was constantly vomiting,” says Michelle, Jacob’s mother. Nutritional Management and Outcome Michelle thought that Jacob might be allergic to her breast milk, and her pediatrician decided to try him on Nutramigen, a hydrolysate formula in which the protein chains are partially broken down. However, Jacob’s symptoms continued and he started developing blood in his stool. The doctors switched Jacob to Similac Alimentum,...

...Patient History: From the day baby Ramsey was born, he was fussy, gassy, and rarely slept. Weighing eight pounds and thirteen ounces at birth, the doctors thought that Ramsey was eating too much during feeding periods and that was causing him to throw up. When Ramsey began to break out in rashes, it was blamed on the cold February weather. And when he had bloody stools and ended up in the emergency room, the...

...and tried thickening his formula with rice cereal – which just made things worse. Riley also switched formulas multiple times, from soy to Nutramigen and then Alimentum, both hydrolysate formulas. “Nothing helped,” says Michele. “He spit up almost everything he ate and everything else came out the other end!” Finally, when Riley was three months old, both blood and mucous were found in a stool sample, indicating an allergy. A pediatric allergist and pediatric gastroenterologist...

...GI tract. Allergic conditions that affect the GI system can be severe and might indicate the need for a hypoallergenic AAF like Neocate.9,12 While “severe” isn’t clearly defined, blood in the stool that doesn’t respond to management can signal a severe GI allergy.8,13 Specific conditions healthcare teams might look for when considering hypoallergenic formula options include food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). These can come with severe GI symptoms, like vomiting or...