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Suggest Treatment For Mucus In Stool Of Baby

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2015

Question: My 2 months baby has mucous in her stool and has pus 4-7hpf .what is the reason for the same

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (45 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It is a normal finding - do not worry

Detailed Answer:
Hi...for a 2 month old baby who is exclusively in mother's milk or formula feeds it is very normal to have mucus in the stool and also when examined in microscopy, to have some pus cells. Do not worry.

Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.
There is no need to use probiotics like Sporolac powder also.

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Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (1 hour later)

I forgot to mention that her stool is green in colour...should I worry about this

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (6 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Nothing to worry - Green stool is normal in this age

Detailed Answer:
Hi...Nothing to worry - Green stool is normal in this age. As i mentioned already, unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.

HAPPY TO HELP ANYTIME

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (2 hours later)

As far as excessive sleeping is concerned she sleeps after every feeding 2 to 3 hours through the day and is up in the evening mostly till late in the night(1am) but this has been her usual sleep pattern all this while even before the green stool started . However None of the other symptoms that you Mentioned above is present in her case.should I be concerned about her sleeping pattern.

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
This is normal sleeping pattern

Detailed Answer:
Hi...this is absolutely normal sleeping pattern. You need not worry.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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

Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (45 hours later)

My baby weighed 5.3 kgs on 22nd Dec.on a different scale today she weighed 5.15kga.can she loose 150 gms in 2 days.is it because of the green mucousy stool and pus cells .her doc is not starting her on any antibiotics now and wants to repeat a stool examination after a week.should I worry about the weight loss .is it because of different weighing scales or because of the infection.she has also be diagnosed with gerd grade 3 and since yesterday she has spit up milk 4 to 5 times.the volume of milk coming out is not high but the frequency has gone up all of a sudden.

Wanted to add that She was fussy all night yesterday and did not sleep at all.the doctor has prescribed z and d syrup and colicaid drops..

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Loosing 5% bodyweight is common in loose stools

Detailed Answer:
Hi....loosing 5% if body weight is common during diarrhea. This vsn happen without any side effects.

Your pediatrician was right, this loose stools without blood in the motion do not warrant antibiotics. This is quite common in any breast fed of formula fed baby of this age.

A iI have already clarified in our previous interaction - unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.

Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhea. I suggest you use zinc supplements...which your pediatrician has already prescribed.

This is not related to grade 3 GER she has. Some amount of vomiting or regurgitation is expected with diarrhea.

By the way I want to add one more positive point that a 2 month old baby weighing 5.15 is doing excellently well. This amount of weight loss is expected in loose stools as 80% of body weight is because of water.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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