Suggest Treatment For Persistent Loose Stool In A Child

Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017

Question: hello my son 6.5 years of age since past 6 weeks he passes loose motions 2 or maximum 3 times a day ..some time he passes only one bt that is also loose .we went to dr he prescibed anazol 125 mg 5ml and kapect 5ml for 5 ml.bt no relief.we took stool analyisis wich showed 2 to 4 pus cells and 0 ro 1 rbc undigested food positive yeast positive and the rest was all normal ..again w went for stool culture bt nothing has been found .my question is earlier his stools was like a banana (sorry jus to describe) and nw he does like porridge .i gave him enterogermina bananas yougurt ht nothing seems to form.the stool like he had in past.he is healthy play ful eats and happy.and his poops smells differently frm the past have been to drs bt they all have one answer nt to wry..kindly help me as am worried as i heard taht the pooping must nt change

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (44 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. Let me assure you that passing stool twice or thrice daily is acceptable and does not call for intervention. The consistency is directly related to the diet. It is possible that eventually there has been a change in his food items and that could explain the change in consistency. Since the number of pus cells in stool is not elevated, it does not indicate an infection and nothing needs to be done about it. Enterogermina is optional. Rather, giving curd or yogurt should suffice.

You need not worry about the change in consistency of stool.

Feel free to write back.

Regards

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

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (7 minutes later)

i read on the net dr inflammatory bowel disese and ibs and gt worried for the same .he is on normal diet eating as usual food bt being a mother and aftrr reading abt such doseases i gt extremely worried for my son

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
No need to worry

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back.

Let me reassure you that the mentioned details do not point to inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome and you need not be worried about the same.

Regards

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

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (40 hours later)

thnx doctor for the info nw..i gavev yogurt and enterogermina a week bak now hw is on normal diet still he passes same ..deos the effect of diet last so long
??

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
No need to get concerned

Detailed Answer:
As I have already mentioned, passing stool 2-3 times a day is entirely normal. So it is meaningless to expect an "improvement" over what is already normal. You can discontinue Enterogermina. Yogurt can just be a part of normal diet just like other food items.

Regards

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