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Suggest Treatment For Dysentery In 8 Month Baby
My 8 months old baby us having diarhoea for nearly 10 days.. Started with 10 to 15 times per day rate. No blood seen.
Color sometimes green, watery. Sometimes sticky.
Doc prescribed ORS, with one course of antibiotic for 5 days.
It reduced to 4-5 times a day from 6th day.
But now again desentry seems to go high to 8 times ..
Please suggest the best option.. What should we do.. we are very much worried.
Color sometimes green, watery. Sometimes sticky.
Doc prescribed ORS, with one course of antibiotic for 5 days.
It reduced to 4-5 times a day from 6th day.
But now again desentry seems to go high to 8 times ..
Please suggest the best option.. What should we do.. we are very much worried.
Tue, 11 Aug 2015
with the information provided by you it looks me as shigella dysentery or may be amoebic dysentery also . first give the baby symptomatic treatment so prevent dehydration in the form of ORS and start on zynconia syrup
soon take the baby for near by hospital do the stool culture, CBC and serum electrolytes to conform the cause of dysentey
if it is due to shegella go for ceftriaxone if already used u can go for azythromycin for 5 days also
soon take the baby for near by hospital do the stool culture, CBC and serum electrolytes to conform the cause of dysentey
if it is due to shegella go for ceftriaxone if already used u can go for azythromycin for 5 days also
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