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My 8 month old granddaughter has had watery, foul smelling diarrhea for 4 days. An FNP saw her and stated that she has an ear infection and that s why she has diarrhea. We plan to give her the antibiotics prescribed, but is diarrhea a common symptom of ear infection in infants?
HI...what your FNP is quoting can happen and is called parenteral diarrhoea, but this is very uncommon. Sometimes if it is not a bacillary dysentery and we use antibiotics unnecessarily, it can aggravate diarrhoea. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhoea. Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Causes Watery Diarrhea With Foul Smell?
HI...what your FNP is quoting can happen and is called parenteral diarrhoea, but this is very uncommon. Sometimes if it is not a bacillary dysentery and we use antibiotics unnecessarily, it can aggravate diarrhoea. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhoea. Unless the kid s having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. Regards - Dr. Sumanth