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Is It To Be Concerned About Loose Motion And Fever In Child?

my 5 month old 7 kg weight baby girl is suffring from loose motion & fever from last two days. fever is in control but losse motion is going ot of hand. its like water only. doctor has suggeted for walamycin for first day and now oflox 100mf syrup twice a day.but she ia nit improving.please advise.
Mon, 28 Jul 2014
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thanks for the query
Majority of the loose motions in a young baby like your baby are because of viral infections and are self limiting in nature ,in due course of time (5-7)days.
One of the important but not so common complication could be dehydration.
To prevent the occurence of dehydration please ensure that your baby keeps taking enough milk feeds.
In case you find the baby is not able to replenish the amount of fluids he is loosing in loose stools, then he should be given oral rehydrating solution
(electral).
Medicines are of not any use in majority of the cases except zinc supplementation (Z and D drops 0.5 ml once daily for 14 days.
Please do not start the baby on oflox (an antibiotic).
Hopefuly his loose stools shall stop in next 4-5 day time.

regards
dr kanwar deep.
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Is It To Be Concerned About Loose Motion And Fever In Child?

thanks for the query Majority of the loose motions in a young baby like your baby are because of viral infections and are self limiting in nature ,in due course of time (5-7)days. One of the important but not so common complication could be dehydration. To prevent the occurence of dehydration please ensure that your baby keeps taking enough milk feeds. In case you find the baby is not able to replenish the amount of fluids he is loosing in loose stools, then he should be given oral rehydrating solution (electral). Medicines are of not any use in majority of the cases except zinc supplementation (Z and D drops 0.5 ml once daily for 14 days. Please do not start the baby on oflox (an antibiotic). Hopefuly his loose stools shall stop in next 4-5 day time. regards dr kanwar deep.