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What Causes Vomiting In An Infant After Taking Walamycin?
Question: Hi.My pediatrician advised to give walamycin to my 11 month old baby for loose motions.we gave her 2.5 ml once yesterday and she vomitted.and has been having a vomitting sensation since then.kindly advice.
Brief Answer:
Give some antiemetic. Continue Walamycin. ORS to be given.
Detailed Answer:
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It seems that your son is suffering from an acute gastroenteritis which could be related to both the loose motions and the vomiting. Usually it take 5-7 days to recover. If the child loses water and salts, it can manifest with dehydration. The mainstay of treatment is Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS). Dissolve a full XXXXXXX of Pedialyte (ORS) in 200 ml water and give continuously in small amounts. It would help in correcting the dehydration that has probably already occurred. If the child starts passing urine adequately i.e. 6 times or more within 24 hours, you would know that hydration is fine.
Walamycin is an antibiotic that could be effective if your child has a bacterial infection. Please complete the full course. In case the child is vomiting, giving some antiemetic like Ondem (ondansetron) half an hour before the feeds or before the medication, should be a better idea.
You may give Enterogermina contains benefical bacteria that replaces the good intestinal bacterial flora that have been killed alongside the bad bacteria as the antibiotics do their work.
Apart from the above, restricting milk intake and replacing it with lactose free formula or low lactose formula like Zerolac, for a week, should be helpful. Giving 2.5 ml of Zn-20 (contains Zinc) once daily for 7 days should be useful as it helps in the healing of the damage to intestinal epithelium that is likely to have occurred. Please visit the emergency department of a hospital if the child is not passing urine adequately or seems lethargic. It might need to be treated with intravenous fluids.
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Give some antiemetic. Continue Walamycin. ORS to be given.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
It seems that your son is suffering from an acute gastroenteritis which could be related to both the loose motions and the vomiting. Usually it take 5-7 days to recover. If the child loses water and salts, it can manifest with dehydration. The mainstay of treatment is Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS). Dissolve a full XXXXXXX of Pedialyte (ORS) in 200 ml water and give continuously in small amounts. It would help in correcting the dehydration that has probably already occurred. If the child starts passing urine adequately i.e. 6 times or more within 24 hours, you would know that hydration is fine.
Walamycin is an antibiotic that could be effective if your child has a bacterial infection. Please complete the full course. In case the child is vomiting, giving some antiemetic like Ondem (ondansetron) half an hour before the feeds or before the medication, should be a better idea.
You may give Enterogermina contains benefical bacteria that replaces the good intestinal bacterial flora that have been killed alongside the bad bacteria as the antibiotics do their work.
Apart from the above, restricting milk intake and replacing it with lactose free formula or low lactose formula like Zerolac, for a week, should be helpful. Giving 2.5 ml of Zn-20 (contains Zinc) once daily for 7 days should be useful as it helps in the healing of the damage to intestinal epithelium that is likely to have occurred. Please visit the emergency department of a hospital if the child is not passing urine adequately or seems lethargic. It might need to be treated with intravenous fluids.
Hope that helps.
If you found my answer to be helpful, please close the thread with a positive review and a 5 star rating.
Regards
Dr. Diptanshu Das
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