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Suggest Treatment For Diarrhea
my 1 year old son has went off his food, he will initally eat 3 to 4 mouth fulls and then starts to be sick. i have also noticed that his bowel habits have changed. He had a bowel movement four times yesterday, and his stools where light yellow in colour today and he had diarrhea this evening. Generally he is in good form.
Wed, 21 Mar 2018
Hello,
It seems your kid have viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kid 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 diarrhea.
I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for 14 days) and ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is a very important and crucial part of treatment. If there is vomiting, you can use syrup Ondansetron (as prescribed by your pediatrician).
Regarding diet - You can use cerelac any flavor will do. Avoid fruit juices as they might aggravate diarrhea. You can give zinc supplements and ORS apart from normal vegetarian porridges and soups.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
It seems your kid have viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kid 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 diarrhea.
I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for 14 days) and ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is a very important and crucial part of treatment. If there is vomiting, you can use syrup Ondansetron (as prescribed by your pediatrician).
Regarding diet - You can use cerelac any flavor will do. Avoid fruit juices as they might aggravate diarrhea. You can give zinc supplements and ORS apart from normal vegetarian porridges and soups.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
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