What Causes Fever And Frequent Diarrhea In Child?

Posted on Fri, 6 Feb 2015

Question: Child 6 years. Has had 99 fever for last two days. Has loose motions (4 times) today. Please advice if loose motions repeats tonight. Will visit doc. in the morning. Thanks.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (49 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You need to give home made ORS and paracetamol

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I am sorry to hear that your child is not doing fine. The child seems to be suffering from some sort of gastrointestinal infection. As of now, treatment would be simple and would consist of keeping the temperature in control as well as maintaining proper hydration.

You need to give paracetamol to the child if the temperature goes above 100°F. Tepid sponging will also help.
In order to maintain proper hydration, you need to give oral rehydration solution (ORS) which you can also prepare at home by mixing the following:
Clean Water - 1 litre - 5 cupfuls (each cup about 200 ml)
Sugar - Six level teaspoons
Salt - Half level teaspoon
Stir the mixture till the sugar dissolves.
If the loose motion continues, this home made solution will replenish the salts and water lost.

Hope for your child to get well soon.

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Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das

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