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Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... my sun is 4 and a half mounths now and he got a problem with his stomach, i took him too the clinick and they said he got diaree and that i have to take him to the dokter or hospital
What your kid is having is not diarrhea and is only gastro-colic reflux. It is quite common for babies of this age group to pass a small amount of diarrhea or loose stools soon after feeds.
This need not be treated as diarrhea and especially antibiotics are not indicated.
When the baby takes milk, the stomach expands - then when it is contracting it sets off a waveform which moves down the intestines and when that wave reaches the lower down rectum, a small quantity of the stool is evacuated out. This is the basis for gastro-colic reflex. Do not worry.
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.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Sumanth Amperayani, Pediatrician, Pulmonology
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Suggest Treatment For Diarrhea In A Child
Hello, What your kid is having is not diarrhea and is only gastro-colic reflux. It is quite common for babies of this age group to pass a small amount of diarrhea or loose stools soon after feeds. This need not be treated as diarrhea and especially antibiotics are not indicated. When the baby takes milk, the stomach expands - then when it is contracting it sets off a waveform which moves down the intestines and when that wave reaches the lower down rectum, a small quantity of the stool is evacuated out. This is the basis for gastro-colic reflex. Do not worry. 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. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Sumanth Amperayani, Pediatrician, Pulmonology