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Suggest Remedy For Fever And Loose Motion

Dear Dr. Santosh, Aditi, my grand daughter is 1 yr old. She was taken to the swimming pool . 2 days after that she started getting running nose. She was given T-minic drops for 5 days. She was better as far as the cold was concerned, but got fever and started vomiting. her paeditrician put her on 2 days medication of calpol, zanocin and Raglan. evem after 2 days she is still getting fever. Vomitting stopped , but started loose motion. We are worried. Pl guide us. Can we give bonnisan instead of Zanocin? do u suggest something else. We need your help. thanking you Jaya padmanabhan
Mon, 13 Feb 2017
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Hi...greetings from Chennai. I am a consultant in Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital in Chennai. What your grand daughter is having is only a simple viral illness - starting with cold and cough and now culminating with diarrhea.

It seems your kid is having viral diarrhoea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.
There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhoea.
I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for 14 days) & ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is very important and crucial part of treatment. If there is vomiting you can use Syrup Ondansetron (as prescribed by your paediatrician).

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Suggest Remedy For Fever And Loose Motion

Hi...greetings from Chennai. I am a consultant in Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital in Chennai. What your grand daughter is having is only a simple viral illness - starting with cold and cough and now culminating with diarrhea. It seems your kid is having viral diarrhoea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kid s having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhoea. I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for 14 days) & ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is very important and crucial part of treatment. If there is vomiting you can use Syrup Ondansetron (as prescribed by your paediatrician). Regards - Dr. Sumanth