let her grow a bit

6 month old is quite early from birth to age 6 months.

it would be genetic testing your inquiring about

theyre not going to find polyps in her rectum or bowel necessarily that young.

i went for my first colonoscopy and endoscopy at age 21. i had my gp at my age of 11-12 back then insert his finger in my rectum and no blood was present on his glove.

at age 21 i found out the gene was passed on through my late father. fap runs on my dads side of the family.

i know it is worrisome but you arent going to get much answers on your 6 month old child because she was born not long ago.  drs may be reluctant to even do genetic testing as your  little one is still "developing" and quite young.

just my thoughts.

best wishes

len

This is a great question but should be directed to a paediatric gastroenterologist.  I agree that 6 months old is too early for this type of testing.  If she has a paediatrician please ask them for a referral to a paediatric GI doctor so you can put your mind at rest and enjoy your little one.

I am a spontaneous mutation. No one in my family has FAP.  I have a daughter and had her tested when she was 3.  She doesn’t have FAP.

I have FAP and I may be the 1st in my family. I am 61 yrs old but had j pouch surgery at age 35. My kids were 17 & 13 and because the genetic doctors could not identify the gene at that time, my kids had to have upper endoscopy  and colonoscopies. Neither had polyps. The doctors recommended repeating these tests in 5 years, etc.

I just had genetic testing this year and they identified the APC gene that causes colon cancer along with 2 other cancer genes. My kids got testing and neither of them have the APC, thank GOD. They do both have the chek2 gene (breast cancer) and my daughter has the MAP gene. This gene means she doesn't have colon cancer but she's a carrier meaning she could pass to any of her children.

So you may want to talk your doctor about getting genetic testing done (its just bloodwork) to see if you are a gene carrier. It may help you in the future.

Good luck .

@Lana posted:

I have FAP and I may be the 1st in my family. I am 61 yrs old but had j pouch surgery at age 35. My kids were 17 & 13 and because the genetic doctors could not identify the gene at that time, my kids had to have upper endoscopy  and colonoscopies. Neither had polyps. The doctors recommended repeating these tests in 5 years, etc.

I just had genetic testing this year and they identified the APC gene that causes colon cancer along with 2 other cancer genes. My kids got testing and neither of them have the APC, thank GOD. They do both have the chek2 gene (breast cancer) and my daughter has the MAP gene. This gene means she doesn't have colon cancer but she's a carrier meaning she could pass to any of her children.

So you may want to talk your doctor about getting genetic testing done (its just bloodwork) to see if you are a gene carrier. It may help you in the future.

Good luck .

Wow, thank-you for sharing this story! That sounds very traumatizing! I am sorry to hear all of that. I am glad you got your colon/rectum out, I hope your kids will be okay.