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Suggest Treatment For Loose Stool Of Varying Colour And Consistency

my baby is one year old and he is passing loose stool for past 4 days... the colour and consistency of the stool is much varying.. the stool colour is sometimes greenish and sometimes brown.. he is nuasic at times and finding little hard on excreting.. pls answer me doctor
Fri, 11 Sep 2015
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Hi

Welcome to the HCM

I completely understand your concerns but don't worry. Infants are prone to wide variations in colour, frequency and consistency of poops. If your baby is feeding well, afebrile, active, alert and colour of stool is not red, black, clay coloured or persistently greenish, then there is no need for any treatment. You may give him zinc supplement such as Zinconia or ZnD for improving protection or immunity against gastroenteritis. Also, probiotics such as enterogermina will be useful in maintaining healthy gut flora.
Ensure regular feeds with plenty of fluids to keep him well hydrated and prevent constipation.

Hopefully this will be helpful.
Take care
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Suggest Treatment For Loose Stool Of Varying Colour And Consistency

Hi Welcome to the HCM I completely understand your concerns but don t worry. Infants are prone to wide variations in colour, frequency and consistency of poops. If your baby is feeding well, afebrile, active, alert and colour of stool is not red, black, clay coloured or persistently greenish, then there is no need for any treatment. You may give him zinc supplement such as Zinconia or ZnD for improving protection or immunity against gastroenteritis. Also, probiotics such as enterogermina will be useful in maintaining healthy gut flora. Ensure regular feeds with plenty of fluids to keep him well hydrated and prevent constipation. Hopefully this will be helpful. Take care