Blood in spit-up

[Anonymous]

Chase spit up on my shoulder this morning and there was a dime size spot of bloody mucous. Has anyone heard of this happening or experienced? Any thoughts? My doctor’s office doesn’t open until 9am and I’m a little concerned.

[Anonymous]

Hi Shannon,

My son recently had blood in a pool of projectile vomit (not spit up). Also, I didn’t notice much mucous with it. I know color and type matters-meaning was it clots or streaks in it. With us, it ended up being ulcers (they say from reflux, but we think from virus and croup coughing because like you, we were on a high dose of prevacid). Karen’s daughter on the board once had it because of a tear in her esophogus. Doctor’s said these types of issues clear in about 24 hours (the blood) but you may need carafate for awhile for long time healing.

Hope that helps! Are his stools ok?? I know it’s so hard when your child is mspi and you’re on neocate. It’s so thin and with our little refluxers, I just wish I could find something to thicken his bottles with that wouldn’t cause my son a reaction.

Keep us posted and big hug. I know how scary that is.

Tracy (Ian’s Mom 9-26-05) Prevacid and Elecare

[Anonymous]

Thanks, that does ease my mind. We’re in the same boat as far as not being able to thicken the Neocate. Everything has caused him problems too. He’s currently constipated and has been pushing hard for the past two days. It’s the first time he’s been constipated. The doctor’s having me use suppositories every 12 hrs. Does Ian have problems with constipation?

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