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Suggest Treatment For Acute Gastroenteritis

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Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2014
Question: hi doc. I am 44 m. Have been down with cough, upset stomach and fever since yesterday night. was travelling for the past 2 days and have eaten outside. Am extremely low on energy and could not go to office. pl suggest medicine. Rgds, XXXX
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Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (57 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Acute Gastroenteritis

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

From upset stomach I think you mean loose motion and vomiting. Here are my suggestions to you

1. Tab Pantoprazole with domperidone is the ideal tablet to stop vomiting and it also takes care of gaseous distention of stomach and gastritis caused by eating outside
2. Most often low energy is caused by dehydration. I advise you to buy an ORS packet, mix it with 1 litre of good quality water and take it sip by sip. Your energy will be restored
3. If loose motion in watery and foul smelling I suggest you to start an antiobiotic like ciproflox with tinidazole twice daily for 5 days.

Approach a GP for a prescription

I hope I was of help

Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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Follow up: Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (13 minutes later)
Thanks doc. What about cough? it is dry cough. would it also get addressed by ciproflox? Also, would it be sufficient to just take perinorm for vomiting as against point 1? Thanks for your patience.
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Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (5 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Hello

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for getting back

1. Dry coughs are usually viral which requires no treatment. Syrup ascoril two tsp twice daily should do
2. Since you have travelled and ate outside I suggest a combination of ciprofloxacin with tinidazole
3. I usually don't prescribe my patients perinorm as it has a lot of neurogenic side effects. I prefer pantoprazole with domperidome. You can use Tab ondansetron instead of perinorm to stop vomiting immediately

Regards
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Suggest Treatment For Acute Gastroenteritis

Brief Answer: Acute Gastroenteritis Detailed Answer: Hello Thanks for the query From upset stomach I think you mean loose motion and vomiting. Here are my suggestions to you 1. Tab Pantoprazole with domperidone is the ideal tablet to stop vomiting and it also takes care of gaseous distention of stomach and gastritis caused by eating outside 2. Most often low energy is caused by dehydration. I advise you to buy an ORS packet, mix it with 1 litre of good quality water and take it sip by sip. Your energy will be restored 3. If loose motion in watery and foul smelling I suggest you to start an antiobiotic like ciproflox with tinidazole twice daily for 5 days. Approach a GP for a prescription I hope I was of help Regards