~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a message dated 97-10-23 15:20:23 EDT, writes: > If there are <underline>no</underline> other symptoms except infrequent > (but normal stools) in a situation like this, how long will the providers > out there wait before before becoming concerned? > For normal, breast-fed infants, I tell parents I don't want to hear about it before a week. After that I might get concerned--breast fed babies can have Hirschprungs disease, too. It happened to a friend of mine while I was in med school. The baby was a year old before he was diagnosed--and he'd been seen regularly at the University medical center, by good pediatricians. Moshe Adler, MD