Two-month-old baby's poop has blood streaks, sometimes good and sometimes bad

We all know that for two-month-old babies, their bodies are still relatively fragile, so their resistance is relatively low. They can easily get various diseases, and are particularly susceptible to some inflammatory infections, which are also gastrointestinal diseases. Sometimes when babies have gastroenteritis, there will be some blood in the poop when they poop, which may be better or worse. So what should you do if there is blood in the poop of a two-month-old baby?

Children may have different bowel movements per day due to differences in age, diet, bowel habits, etc. The frequency and nature of infants' feces often reflect the physiological and pathological state of the child's gastrointestinal tract. Breastfed babies, formula-fed babies, and mixed-fed babies have their own characteristics in terms of bowel movement frequency and stool characteristics. If we understand these characteristics, we can understand the digestive tract function of infants and young children through their feces, adjust the amount and proportion of food in time, promote the digestion and absorption of food by infants and young children, prevent and reduce diarrhea, and detect some diseases early so that they can be treated early.

1. Breastfed infants’ feces: Breastfed infants who are not given complementary foods have yellow or golden yellow feces with a uniform consistency like ointment, or with various particles. Occasionally, it is thin and slightly green, has an acidic reaction, and has a sour smell but not smelly. Defecate 2-4 times a day. If you usually only have 1-2 bowel movements a day and suddenly increase to 5-6 times a day, you should consider whether you are sick. If the child has frequent bowel movements but is in generally good condition and does not lose weight but gains weight as usual, this should not be considered a disease. The frequency of bowel movements in infants can be reduced after adding complementary foods. For children over 1 year old, the frequency of bowel movements is reduced to once a day.

2. Artificial feeding stool: For infants fed with cow's milk, the stool is light yellow or earthy gray, hard, and has a neutral or alkaline reaction. Because milk contains a lot of protein, it has a distinct odor from the decomposition of the protein. Bowel movements are 1-2 times a day. If the amount of sugar in the milk is increased, the frequency of bowel movements will increase and the stools will be softer.

3. Feces of mixed-fed infants: Regardless of whether they are fed with human milk or cow's milk, if starchy foods are added at the same time, the amount of stool will increase, the hardness will be slightly lower than that of infants fed with pure milk, it will be dark brown, and the odor will increase. If you add more vegetables, fruits and other complementary foods, your stool will be similar to that of adults. When vegetable puree is first added, a small amount of green vegetable puree is often excreted in the stool. Some parents often think it is indigestion and stop adding vegetable puree. In fact, this phenomenon is common when healthy babies change their food. If there is no diarrhea, there is no need to stop adding complementary foods. After a few days, the gastrointestinal tract will get used to it and this situation will disappear.

Observation of the stool characteristics of infants and young children can help us understand their digestion conditions. If the baby's stool has a strong odor, it means that the protein is not digested properly. At this time, you should reduce the amount of milk appropriately or dilute the milk. If there is a lot of foam in the stool, it means that carbohydrates are not digested properly, and you must reduce or even stop eating starchy foods. If the stool looks creamy, it indicates fat malabsorption and the intake of fatty foods should be reduced.

The color of your stool is related to chemical changes in your bile. In the upper part of the small intestine, it is yellow-green due to the action of bilirubin and bilirubin; when it reaches the colon, biliverdin is reduced to bilirubin and it becomes yellow. The stool of breastfed babies is acidic, and bilirubin can be converted into biliverdin due to the action of oxidative bacteria, so the normal stool of breastfed babies is slightly green. However, the feces of infants fed with cow's milk are alkaline and can be further reduced to colorless fecal cholin, so the stool color is lighter. If a baby fed with cow's milk has green stools, it means that the intestinal motility is accelerated or there is inflammation in the intestine, which is a symbol of diarrhea. Some parents do not have this knowledge and mistakenly believe that their children's green stools are caused by some kind of shock. This is wrong.

Some diseases can be characterized by the feces of infants and young children. If the child has bile duct obstruction, the stool will be grayish white. Bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract or taking iron supplements may cause black stools, some of which are tarry. If there is bright red blood in the stool, it may be caused by rectal polyps, colon polyps and anal fissures, and further examination should be done. If in addition to blood, there is also a large amount of mucus and less feces, combined with the child's symptoms of paroxysmal abdominal pain, intussusception may be considered. If the stool contains pus, blood and has a fishy smell, it may be dysentery.

In short, careful parents can detect problems in their infants' and young children's feces in a timely manner. If the indigestion is caused by improper food structure, the abnormal bowel movement can be corrected by timely adjusting the food structure and appropriately reducing the intake of a certain type of food. However, if the abnormal stool is not caused by general indigestion and is accompanied by systemic symptoms, the patient should be sent to the hospital for further examination immediately to avoid delay.