rectal fissure would be most likely, if it goes away in a day or so not
to worry.
Grace Heitsch, MD, FAAP
Duluth Clinic- Ashland
1625 Maple Ln
Ashland, WI  54806
715/682-2358
fax: 715/682-2481
voice mail: 715/685-7582
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"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."
Frederick Douglas


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 7:22 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      blood in diaper
>
> A midwife called today to ask my opinion on a 3-day-old boy whose
> mother
> reports 3 diapers with a bit of blood in it.  She insists that it is
> red
> and not orange.  Midwife will be seeing baby tomorrow and has asked
> mom to
> keep diapers for her to see.
>
> If it is not urate crystals, is there a problem with a male baby's
> having a
> spot of blood in his diaper at this age? Baby is not circumcised.
>
> Patricia Gima, IBCLC
> Milwaukee
> mailto:[log in to unmask]