On Thursday, Feb 20, 2003, at 13:54 Australia/Perth, Laurena Typusiak
wrote:

> I am looking for information about a possible breastmilk allergy in a 5
> month infant.  The baby is being tested because of a high platelet
> level.

How was this discovered? Are there symptoms, or was the baby having
routine testing for some reason? How high is it? Is there some clinical
reason that breastmilk allergy is suspected rather than any of the
listed common causes (see URL below)?

> In the meantime the mom has weaned to a very expensive formula while
> waiting for test results.  Does anyone know about this, or anywhere I
> can
> look for more information?

Here is some general information on paediatric thrombocytosis which
might be a good starting point:
http://author.emedicine.com/ped/topic2238.htm

Lara

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