Question about MSPI

[Anonymous]

I asked my GI specialist last night if my daughter could be MSPI (she is on Alimentum now but still has some kind of pain in the middle of the night). He said that because he didn’t see any blood in her stool and she has not had any other symptoms of an allergy (rash, wheezing, etc), that its unlikely that she is MSPI. Does this make sense?? He also said that he will not likely be able to tell if she is MSPI from her upcoming endoscopy….how else would I determine if she is? An allergist??

[Anonymous]

Your doctor is incorrect – it is quite possible to have a milk (or soy)
intolerance without blood in stool. In fact, blood in stool more often
indicates an actual allergy and not an intolerance. He is correct
though that you cannot tell intolerance from endoscopy – only true
allergies from that. Nor would an allergist be able to determine
intolerance. Really it’s trial and error – you’d likely have to do a
two week trial of Neocate to see if it helped and if so, voila.

Is her pain only at night though? How is she during the day?

[Anonymous]

Her pain seems to only be at night — from about 230am – 430am approximately. I can’t tell if its reflux or gas….but she screams and arches her back…during the day she is fine — happy and stable for the most part.

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