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Child Has Chronic Ear Infections. Taking Augmenting. Has Diarrhea. Help

Hi. My 3 year old son has had chronic ear infections since he was born. He has become immune to amoxicillin and omnicef so he is now on augmentin . He is scheduled to have tubes put in his ears and his adnenoids taken out in 3 weeks, but the antibiotics are giving him severe diarrhea . It s like water. He is petty trained enough to go poppy in the potty so he is not getting diaper rash, and pedialyte has kept him hydrated but his school has a policy that they cannot be in school if they have diarrhea.. I tried explaining that it was a side effect of the medicine, but is there anything I can give him to make it stop???
Mon, 25 Feb 2013
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Pediatrician 's  Response
Hi srohan720,
Thank you for your query. It sounds like your son is suffering from antibiotic induced diarrhea. This is when antibiotics disrupt the balance of "good" and "bad" bacteria that normally live inside the digestive tract. The good bacteria are killed and an overgrowth of the "bad" bacteria can damage parts of the digestive tract. Amoxicillin and other similar drugs are known to cause this complication. The symptoms usually resolve a few days after the antibiotic is stopped, but I believe that you have been advised to keep your son on these preventative antibiotics until his procedure.
So things you can do in the meantime are:
1. Have a stool analysis performed to reassure the nursery that his diarrhea is not from an infective cause and so other children are not at risk of contracting it.
2. Avoid foods that tend to aggravate his symptoms. These are typically fatty, spicy foods and some dairy products.
3. Put him on a high fibre diet with beans, nuts and vegetables
4. Introduce some probiotic yoghurt drinks/ tablets. This may help boost the good bacteria in the system.
5. Using anti-diarrhoeal medication such as loperamide can be discussed with a paediatrician once all infective causes have been eliminated.
I hope you have found this answer useful. All the best with the surgery.
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Pediatrician Dr. Rajiv K Khandelwal's  Response
Hi,

Thank you for your query.

I can understand your dilemma. I shall advise you to discuss with your doctor and change his antibiotic from Augmentin/amoxicillin to some other antibiotic which causes less diarrhoea. In the interim you can give him some probiotic like Nutrolin B but they will not control the diarrhoea completely.

I hope I have answered your query to your satisfaction.

Wishing your son an early recovery.

Regards,

RKK
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Child Has Chronic Ear Infections. Taking Augmenting. Has Diarrhea. Help

Hi srohan720, Thank you for your query. It sounds like your son is suffering from antibiotic induced diarrhea. This is when antibiotics disrupt the balance of good and bad bacteria that normally live inside the digestive tract. The good bacteria are killed and an overgrowth of the bad bacteria can damage parts of the digestive tract. Amoxicillin and other similar drugs are known to cause this complication. The symptoms usually resolve a few days after the antibiotic is stopped, but I believe that you have been advised to keep your son on these preventative antibiotics until his procedure. So things you can do in the meantime are: 1. Have a stool analysis performed to reassure the nursery that his diarrhea is not from an infective cause and so other children are not at risk of contracting it. 2. Avoid foods that tend to aggravate his symptoms. These are typically fatty, spicy foods and some dairy products. 3. Put him on a high fibre diet with beans, nuts and vegetables 4. Introduce some probiotic yoghurt drinks/ tablets. This may help boost the good bacteria in the system. 5. Using anti-diarrhoeal medication such as loperamide can be discussed with a paediatrician once all infective causes have been eliminated. I hope you have found this answer useful. All the best with the surgery. 5.