What Does My Stool Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Sat, 14 Feb 2015

Question: Hello,

My baby is suffering digestion problem. She is 2 Months old.
We test stool and found below problems in report :
Mucous : Present +
reducing Substances : Present +
EPITHELIAL CELLS : 0-1/HPF
PUS CELLS : 1-2/HPF
ERYTHROCYTES: 0-1/HPF

I want to know what could be infection to my baby. Dr has given Rinifol and Ondem syrup.

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (36 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This is completely normal report

Detailed Answer:
Hi...This is a completely normal report of a normal 2 month old baby who is being breast fed or bottle fed.

I have a few questions -

1. What symptoms prompted you to take this stool test?
2. What is the birth weight and what is the current weight?
3. How is the activity of the baby?
4. How is the urine output?
5. Are you bottle feeding or the exclusively breast feeding the baby?

Kindly get back to me with the answers to the above questions.

Regards - DR. Sumanth

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (34 hours later)

Symptom is baby omitting many times in a day.
Birth weight was baby 3 kg and now 4.6 kg.
Activity is good. She has digestion problem.
We have not taken urine output.
Only breast feeding.

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
This is gastrocolic reflux

Detailed Answer:
Hi...What your kid is having is not vomiting or gastroesophageal reflux as her weight gain is appropriate. She has gained 35.5 grams per day on an average after taking the initial 2 weeks where the baby will lose and gain normal birth weight again. So be rest assured that nothing serious is going on with your baby.

Also be sure that there is no digestion problem as the baby is gaining weight well again. A baby who has got malabsorption as you are suspecting will be losing weight instead of gaining. So do not worry.

What your kid is having is not a diarrhea and is only a gastro-colic reflux. It is quite common for babies of this age group to pass small amount of diarrhea or loose stools soon after feeds. This need not be treated as diarrhea and especially antibiotics are not indicated.

Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.

Regards - DR. Sumanth

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar