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Suggest Treatment For Diarrhoea With Stomach Pain In Kids

Hello; my daughter is aged 3 and for the last few days has been passing liquid poo in her nappies. Occasionally she will pass a normal one and I think that everything will be OK, but then she will go back to passing liquid again. She has no tummy pain, and it does not cause any burning sensation for her as it passes. She hasn't been vomiting. She is slightly underweight for her age but I'm not sure of her exact weight at the moment. She likes milk, fruit, bread, spaghetti, cereals, vegetables, cheese and some white meat but not red meat. Her diet hasn't changed recently. I've been reading about toddler diarrhoea; will this just go by itself, and should I be giving her something to help firm the stools up again? Or take her to see the doctor? Thank you.
Sat, 31 Jan 2015
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Children often suffer from toddlers diarrhoea or diarrhoea due to rotavirus. It is a self limiting condition and generally shows recovery in 5-10 days irrespective of the use of antibiotics. All you have to do is to maintain proper hydration by giving ORS (oral rehydration solution) sip by sip. Prepare it by mixing a full sachet in the designated amount of water (200 ml or 1 litre depending upon the size of sachet). I do not think that you need to give anything to firm the stools. Just avoid milk for a week and by then the consistency should improve. You can give decolic syrup for the abdominal pain.

If the child becomes lethargic and the frequency of passage of urine comes down, you should consider dehydration and take the child to your doctor.
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Suggest Treatment For Diarrhoea With Stomach Pain In Kids

Children often suffer from toddlers diarrhoea or diarrhoea due to rotavirus. It is a self limiting condition and generally shows recovery in 5-10 days irrespective of the use of antibiotics. All you have to do is to maintain proper hydration by giving ORS (oral rehydration solution) sip by sip. Prepare it by mixing a full sachet in the designated amount of water (200 ml or 1 litre depending upon the size of sachet). I do not think that you need to give anything to firm the stools. Just avoid milk for a week and by then the consistency should improve. You can give decolic syrup for the abdominal pain. If the child becomes lethargic and the frequency of passage of urine comes down, you should consider dehydration and take the child to your doctor.