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Suggest Treatment For Severe Diarrhea With Mucus In Stool

Posted on Mon, 6 Mar 2017

Question: My baby is just over a month old.. She is having loose motion in the form of saliva.. What medicine should i give the baby?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (43 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Give prebiotic medicine

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Can understand your concerns.

Loose stools in 1 month old baby can occur due to viral or bacterial infection.

If there is decreased feeding, decreased activity then baby should be taken immediately to doctor for examination.

In my opinion, you can give prebiotic like Enterogermina ampule once a day for 3 days. If no improvement in 24 hours then get child examined by a doctor.

I hope this will help you.
Wishing your child good health.
Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Deepak Patel (5 hours later)

Dr.. The baby become restless at regular intervals.. When breast fed she cools down and goes to sleep but after a while cries out in the middle of the sleep. Just started given ecobion hourly. How long will it take to get the effect of the medicine.

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Upto 3 hours

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

The effect of medicine should start within 3 hours. If the baby is crying in the middle of sleep then chances of pain abdomen are quite high.

If these symptoms persists then get child examined by a doctor so that we may not miss important finding.

Take care.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy