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What Treatment To Be Taken For Colorless Loose Motion?

my son aged about 9 months and he has loose motions like water since last five days, doctor treated him but still he has loos motion after 2 or 3 clocks. motion is color less and little yellowish like urine and no particles or very few stool particles found in his motion.
Mon, 27 Apr 2015
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Most often such episodes of loose motion in children is caused due to rotavirus and does not need treatment with antibiotics. It seems that there is hardly any fecal matter and hence the stool is colourless and waterlike. Giving ORS (oral rehydration solution) to prevent dehydration would be the mainstay of treatment. It will help in replenishing the lost water and salts. It comes in ready made form or may be prepared by mixing a full sachet in the designated amount of water. Treatment is not supposed to bring down the frequency of passage of loose stools. The adequacy of the hydration would be evident from the frequency of passage of urine. If that seems to be fine, you need not worry. It may still take 5-7 days (from the onset) to stop. Unless the child grows lethargic, I would not get concerned. The other medicines that you are giving, are proper. Giving zinc supplementation like Zn20 syrup will help in the intestinal healing as the diarrhoea causes some damage to the inner wall of the intestines. You may also give some amount of yogurt/curd as it contains beneficial bacteria.
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What Treatment To Be Taken For Colorless Loose Motion?

Most often such episodes of loose motion in children is caused due to rotavirus and does not need treatment with antibiotics. It seems that there is hardly any fecal matter and hence the stool is colourless and waterlike. Giving ORS (oral rehydration solution) to prevent dehydration would be the mainstay of treatment. It will help in replenishing the lost water and salts. It comes in ready made form or may be prepared by mixing a full sachet in the designated amount of water. Treatment is not supposed to bring down the frequency of passage of loose stools. The adequacy of the hydration would be evident from the frequency of passage of urine. If that seems to be fine, you need not worry. It may still take 5-7 days (from the onset) to stop. Unless the child grows lethargic, I would not get concerned. The other medicines that you are giving, are proper. Giving zinc supplementation like Zn20 syrup will help in the intestinal healing as the diarrhoea causes some damage to the inner wall of the intestines. You may also give some amount of yogurt/curd as it contains beneficial bacteria.