Infant Suffering From Loose Motion. On Medication. Suggest Some Effective Cure

Posted on Wed, 14 Nov 2012

Question: My 16 months old son, wt 13.4 kg is suffering from loose motion (watery XXXXXXX in colour with mucus and some small small curd substance). It all started with cough and vomiting on 18 morning. We gave him t minic and tixylix cough syrup 3 dose of 5 ml on 19th. his condition improve and he vomited again on 20th twice after each meal. He also had warm body at times. Evening he started passing watery stools. We took him to one pediatrician in KIMS. He prescribed some medicines ENTEROGEMINA 5 ML twice a day, taxim-o 6.5 ml twice a day, calpol 4ml every 6 hours, some ORS XXXXXXX Emeset 5 ml twice a day before meals. We gave hime 1st dose on 20th evening but whole night he was suffering from fever and loose motion. 21st his condition became worst he passed around 10-15 watery XXXXXXX stool in a span of 20 mins and vomitted once. we gave him 2nd dose of medicine, his fever and loose motion stopped from 11 am till 5 pm but then again he started loose motion till now. What should i do. I have given him milk, dal water, tender coconut, ors water, some chichdi. but his condition is very bad. how much time it will take him to get stable. his bums have become red and he is not allowing us to wash it, everytime we wash him he cries.

Answered by Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth (46 minutes later)

Hi,
I can very well understand your problem !
Your child had cold, fever,vomiting and loose motions -a typical picture of viral infection.Do not worry!He will improve soon.
Regarding diet what you are giving is correct.
Give ORS 1-2 ozs after every loose stool.
Check whether he is passing urine.
This will take care of his hydration which is the most important part of treatment.
In food ,coconut water is very good along with ORS.
you can also give curd,soft mashed rice,idly and boiled XXXXXXX
,This diarrhea will take some time to stop about 5-6 days.
If the child is playing,active,passing urine well,you need not
worry!
Only if there is vomiting and inability to take ORS,the child has to be admitted and given intravenous fluids.
Regarding the reddish colour around the anus,it is because of repeated cleaning and also effect of acid stools.
Please use genle wipes or cotton wipes to sponge and clean!
You can also put some vaseline or baby oil on that area.
Hope this explains your doubts.
Good luck
All the best
Dr Uma

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth (20 hours later)

hi there,
1. Thanx for replying.
2. My doc said not to give yogurt since he is already giving bacteria ENTEROGEMINA. Can i still give him curd and rice.
3. he is urinating but how long will it take to control loose motion.

Answered by Dr. Uma Rajah Ananth (5 hours later)

Hi,

Thanks again for writing back.

Yogurt can be given as food along with entergermina - no problem with that. I am sure you have given the child yogurt earlier when he was well!

Generally viral diarrhea takes a week to 10 days for complete recovery.

Passing urine and playing actively are good signs that child is not dehydrated. However child tends to lose weight after an episode like this. So do not worry. He should and will recover.

Hope this answers your query. Let me know if you have more queries.
If all your queries are answered, please close this discussion.

Good luck and all the best

Dr Uma

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad