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What Causes Diarrhea And Vomiting At Night?

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Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017
Question: My 5 yr old grandson has been throwing up and has diarrhea, but only at night for 2 days. No fever.
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Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (26 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
ORS is the mainstay of treatment.

Detailed Answer:
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I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. It seems that your child has acute gastroenteritis. The mainstay of treatment is to maintain proper hydration. Electrobion or ORS may be given 50-100ml/kg over 4 hours depending on the hydration level. The following link would give you the specifics of the same:
http://www.fpnotebook.com/mobile/peds/fen/orlrhydrtnthrpyprtclinpdtrcdhydrtn.htm

Give some antiemetic like ondansetron for the vomiting. Give zinc supplements like Syr. Zinconia 5 ml once daily for next 10 days. Avoid giving milk for a week. You may give some prebiotics and probiotics like Econorm XXXXXXX twice daily for next few days. Hopefully things would return to normal in 3-4 days. In the meantime you need to monitor the urine frequency. If it is ok, you need not worry. If not, fluid intake needs to be increased.

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What Causes Diarrhea And Vomiting At Night?

Brief Answer: ORS is the mainstay of treatment. Detailed Answer: Thanks for asking on Health care magic. I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. It seems that your child has acute gastroenteritis. The mainstay of treatment is to maintain proper hydration. Electrobion or ORS may be given 50-100ml/kg over 4 hours depending on the hydration level. The following link would give you the specifics of the same: http://www.fpnotebook.com/mobile/peds/fen/orlrhydrtnthrpyprtclinpdtrcdhydrtn.htm Give some antiemetic like ondansetron for the vomiting. Give zinc supplements like Syr. Zinconia 5 ml once daily for next 10 days. Avoid giving milk for a week. You may give some prebiotics and probiotics like Econorm XXXXXXX twice daily for next few days. Hopefully things would return to normal in 3-4 days. In the meantime you need to monitor the urine frequency. If it is ok, you need not worry. If not, fluid intake needs to be increased. Regards