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"Valerie W. McClain" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:51:40 EST
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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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