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I believe in some cases bloody stools in breastfed infants maybe related to
vitamin D drops. These drops could be creating allergic reactions in some
infants. In fact I read a variety of ingredient lists for vitamin D drops and
allergic reactions was something they mention. Blood in stools can be an
allergic reaction. These drops also have various dyes and other ingredients that
could make an infant respond with blood in the stools.
The questions I think we need to ask mothers is whether they are giving
vitamin D drops to their infants. If the mother switches to infant formula, I
would think it logical that the mother would stop giving the infant vitamin D
drops because infant formula already had D in it. Thus the bleeding stops. The
vitamin D in the infant formula in all liklihood is a different substance/form
than the vitamin in drops.
My understanding of the newborn gut is that anything other than human milk
will damage it and some studies say this is permanent damage. It is not normal
for a breastfed infant to have bleeding in the stools unless their is some
sort of allergic reaction to something mom ate (dairy products is a well-known
one). Do LCs ask clients about vit D supplementation? Are mom's following
through with the AAP recommendations? If they are, then these babies are not being
"exclusively" breastfed. And some maybe manifesting allergic reactions. The
irony would be that breastfeeding is being blamed for the bleeding when just
possibly its the vitamin supplementation. Just something to think about....
Valerie W. McClain
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