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Could Bad Smelling Bowels In An Infant Be Due To Diary Allergy?
Hi, my baby is 5 months old, 3 1/2 months adjusted. She has been on prevacid, but is not currently taking any medication. She has stopped pooping without help for the past 4 weeks. When she does poop, it is soft, so she isn t constipated but she is obviously uncomfortable and strains to poop but nothing happens. Today she had not pooped for 6 days... FYI she is breastfed.... So I gave her a small suppository. The other times I have done this, within 5 minutes she had a bm, but today she cried for hours and didn t have a bm for 3 hours. When she did, it was runny, dark yellow with white cottage cheese/egg shell looking particles in it. Also it smelled terrible, which is kinda unusual for her! The other diapers that she had after 5 days without pooping did not smell this bad!! Could she have a dairy allergy and that is why she has white chunks and unable to poop?
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
Hi,
Welcome to the HCM.
It is the constipation , which is causing these symptoms .First you have to rule out that what factors can be there causing constipation.
For example she is 5 months , has she started weaning? Some protein supplementry diet can also cause constipation.
If it was allergy to diary products then she would have been getting loose stools after every feed .
First she has to be ruled out for the causes of constipation then she can be treated accordingly.
Hopefully i answered your question,you may ask further if you have more questions to ask.
Regards,
Dr.Maheshwari
Welcome to the HCM.
It is the constipation , which is causing these symptoms .First you have to rule out that what factors can be there causing constipation.
For example she is 5 months , has she started weaning? Some protein supplementry diet can also cause constipation.
If it was allergy to diary products then she would have been getting loose stools after every feed .
First she has to be ruled out for the causes of constipation then she can be treated accordingly.
Hopefully i answered your question,you may ask further if you have more questions to ask.
Regards,
Dr.Maheshwari
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