Question
How should one handle a male infant’s bloody stool?
Answer
Time: (11th November, 11 AM) Main Symptoms: (During the first bowel movement yesterday morning, there was bright red blood sticking to it. When cleaning the buttocks, two drops of blood were seen dripping down. The overall bleeding was a bit more. By 1:30 PM, during the second bowel movement at the hospital, there was still blood sticking to the surface, which was less obvious than the first time in the morning and no more dripping blood was seen. The baby has been breastfed since birth, and when breast milk is scarce, formula milk is used once a day at most. There was no nipple cracking or bleeding during breastfeeding.) Hospital of Consultation (Ningbo City Yinzhou People’s Hospital), it may be anal fissure. Anal fissure is a small ulcer that forms after a laceration of the anal canal skin layer below the dentate line, running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the anal canal, about 0.5 to 1.0 cm long, in a spindle or oval shape, often causing severe pain and difficult healing. Treatment for anal fissure can be topical application of Jingwanhong Soft Cream, which has a cooling and promoting tissue growth effect. It is recommended to consider surgical excision and suture treatment. There are many factors causing pediatric digestive diseases. If the child is diagnosed with pediatric digestive disease, parents need to cooperate with the doctor for timely treatment, cooperate with gastrointestinal decompression, and develop good hygiene habits. Parents should pay attention not to develop their child’s picky eating habits and have a balanced diet.