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Is it ok for a doctor to check a babys rectum with little finger to see if baby poop has blood in it
Anonymous Patient
Highly unlikely to find anything using a digit. Most bleeding in an infant comes from passin hard stool resulting in small anal tears. Or diarrhea usually from feeding intolerance. I have used my finger tip since o have small hands to feel for hard stool or to rectally stimulate if no BM but usually I use a qtip with lubricant which frequently does the trick
