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My 16 week old baby has been very moany last few days and recently had quite a few blood spots that look like small veins scattered in her stool.

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Dr. Deborah Ungerleider answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Please contact: her pediatrician. She should be examined in order to be properly diagnosed. It may just be a small fissure (crack) in the skin in the anal area, but could be more serious....so please call her doctor.

Answered 3/8/2019

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