Defecation in a child is one of the indicators of health status. If the newborn was discharged from the hospital, and the child poops with blood, then there is no need to panic. Changes in feces often indicate deviations during internal processes, so even in the hospital, doctors recommend that parents carefully monitor the baby's stool. Normally, in the first months of life, feces should have a cheesy or porridge-like consistency of light brown color with a characteristic milky odor.
Any deviations, for example, greens, mucus, foam, blood splashes, etc., should alert parents and make them urgently contact a doctor. Many young parents, pushed by mistrust of people in white coats, try to prescribe treatment for their baby. I would like to note that self-medication harms even an adult, is it worth talking about its harmful effects on the fragile and fragile body of a newborn! If your child is pooping with blood, contact your pediatrician immediately or go directly to a specialist. Based on analyzes and modern examinations, the doctor will be able to establish the exact cause of the deviations.
Probable reasons why a child poops with blood
Let's start with the “fearless” reasons. Often, parents take small fractions of foodstuffs eaten by the mother or the baby as blood impurities in the feces. It can be beets, juices, ketchups, tomatoes and other foods of a characteristic red color. If you notice something that looks like blood, don’t worry, first remember what you ate yourself (if you are breastfeeding) and what the child ate. In this case, there is no reason for concern, but the nursing mother still needs to be extremely scrupulous in the choice of products. If the child pooping with blood, systematically suffering from constipation, then its dissemination in the feces can occur as a result of damage to the anus, caused by difficult defecation.
Unfortunately, today, "childhood" constipation is not an exception, but a common occurrence. But, nevertheless, these cases require medical advice. During the examination, violations in the work of certain organs, digestive problems and other abnormalities that require medical, and sometimes surgical intervention are often found.
Other possible causes of blood in the stool
Blood in the feces of a child can be a systematic phenomenon or have a one-time character.
Often, parents observe small red droplets in the feces of a newborn or baby. Pediatricians explain that this way the baby’s body can react to mother’s milk at the beginning of feeding, that is, at first it can cause him to be allergic. It must be understood that the child’s gastrointestinal system is still so fragile and vulnerable that any effect on it can cause a similar reaction. If the
baby is pooping with blood, then this is often also associated with dysbiosis or infection (staphylococcus). Accurately establish a diagnosis can only be a professional comprehensive examination. Sometimes a child poop with streaks of blood, in addition, in its foul-smelling feces there is mucus, foam, greens and undigested food. Side symptoms may also occur (vomiting, fever, dizziness, diarrhea). This may indicate ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, or infection in the baby's body. In any case, only official medicine can give an exact answer to the question of why the child has blood in the feces.