>I have told this mother to continue pumping until I find more info. If
anyone knows this to be a rare but true reason for having to wean this
child, I'd love to hear from you and learn something from this case.


Hi Brenda,

Has this baby been diagnosed via colonoscopy or is it just that there is 
continued blood in the stools?  Is baby otherwise happy?  It is possible for 
more foods than just dairy and egg to be an issue.  As well as IgE mediated 
allergies research is also showing that there are other allergies that can 
cause delayed reactions, often gastrointestinal.  There can be luck 
diagnosing these with patch testing but it is fairly new, not widely done 
and has varying reports of success.

It is possible for doctors to use the term allergic colitis to cover 
eosinophilic colitis.  This would show by the number of eosinophils in the 
colon on biopsy.  If this is the case then the mum would be unlikely to find 
a GI who would be willing to support continued breastfeeding.

Suzie Heaton
Australia 

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