Baby Has Continuous Loose Motions. What Should Be Done?

Hi XXXXXXX

Thanks for writing to health care magic.

I can understand your problem.

Monitor for signs of dehydration particulary if there are loose watery stools.
They include
1. Decreased skin turgor
2. Increasing thirst.
3. Sunken eyes.
4. Irritability.
5. Drowsiness.
6. Decreasing passage of urine.

If there is blood or mucus in the stool antibiotics prescribed by your doctor may be required. If there is no blood or mucus in the stool and there is no fever and pain while passing stools then antibiotics have no role.

ORS or any other fluid containing salt and sugar prevents dehydration.

Probiotics and zinc prescribed by your doctor will help.

Viral diarrhea take their own time to subside.

Hope this helps.
Continue to ask further queries as required.
Take care.


Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty,
M.D.(Pediatrics)
Associate Professor,
Pediatrics.

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Hi XXXXXXX

Thanks for your reply.

Continue giving diet as usual. Do not add any thing new during this period.

Continue to breast feed the child if you are breast feeding him.

Hope this helps.
Take care.

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Hi XXXXXXX

There is no relation between cough and loose motions. But if a antibiotic is given for cough like amoxycillin loose motions can occur. Here the loose motions are because of amoxycillin and not because of cough.

I am sorry to mention that I could not understand your query correctly.

because whenever i gave him o2 . prblm has been converted.

Can you clearly repeat the query please.

Thanking you


Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty,
M.D.(Pediatrics)
Associate Professor,
Pediatrics.

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