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What Causes Diarrhea And Anal Redness In A Child?

Hello my question and concern is about my 2year old. about 2 weeks ago my son as introduced for the first time to raw cashews. he then started having a smelly, loose stool, diarrhea like, once a day for 2-3 days. My first thought was an intolerance to the cashews, so I stopped giving them to him. he got better and diarrhea started. I gave him florastor. he is still having loose stool, but its been grainy and his anus is a little red. he s also scratching. I am. thinking he could have intestinal worms. Is this very possible? I feel helpless.
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hi, thanks for the question. it looks like your child has gastroenteritis. his anus is red due to dermatitis caused by constant wetting and irritation of skin by loose stools. it will come down once loose stools subsides just clean the skin around the anus after your child passes stools and keep it dry. you can also use petrolleum jelly or coconut oil for healing. your child is unlikely to have intestinal worms.
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What Causes Diarrhea And Anal Redness In A Child?

hi, thanks for the question. it looks like your child has gastroenteritis. his anus is red due to dermatitis caused by constant wetting and irritation of skin by loose stools. it will come down once loose stools subsides just clean the skin around the anus after your child passes stools and keep it dry. you can also use petrolleum jelly or coconut oil for healing. your child is unlikely to have intestinal worms.