Many novice parents may find that their baby is fed three meals a day normally, but there is blood in their stool, so they are very worried whether it is caused by lactose intolerance in the baby. So, will the baby's lactose intolerance cause blood in their stool?
When infants develop lactose intolerance, there is a possibility of bloody stools. When lactose intolerance occurs, infants may exhibit an increase in bowel movements, diarrhea, bloating, and a series of other symptoms. If the frequency of bowel movements is particularly high, such as reaching more than ten times, or more, especially in cases with a longer course of illness, due to the incomplete gastrointestinal function of the baby, an increase in bowel movements may aggravate the damage to the digestive tract mucosa and may lead to bloody stools.
In addition, the baby's stomach will growl after drinking milk, followed by diarrhea. The stool is yellow and loose, with foam and a little sour smell, which is also a manifestation of baby's lactose intolerance. It is recommended that novice mothers replace the milk powder their babies usually drink with diarrhea milk powder, which is lactose free milk powder. However, the taste of this milk powder is not very good, and some babies do not want to eat it, so mothers should be patient and feed their babies.
Lactose intolerance does not only occur in babies who drink formula, but also in babies who drink breast milk. However, as long as the child's weight can grow normally, parents do not need to worry too much. It is worth noting that if the baby's bowel movements significantly increase and there is poor weight gain, resulting in lactose intolerance diarrhea, then it is necessary to go to the hospital to see what the situation is.
