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Suggest Stomach Infection And Blood In Stool Of An Infant
My baby is now 5 months old ..he suffered from loose motion last 4days.at first..fever ,vomiting present..watery ,greenish,stool...mucous is present ...i gave..ORS.Medilac S,domperidome..now stool became Semisolid but this morning I saw blood streak in his stool.so..I did stool RE and result is 10 -15 pus cells and 10. -15 RBC HPF....I went to paediatrician and she gave metronitazole and cefixime+lactobacillus..my boy is G6PDdeficiency..I worried him ..I wanna know..he will recover within one week....thanks and I m looking forward your kindly advise and suggestion.
Fri, 24 Jul 2015
Your son is having dysentery....your pediatric doctor rightly prescribed antibiotics...u have to give for five to seven days...then he will be fine...Don bother about G6PD status...just keep a watch on his urine color...if it turns red/brown then u have to consult pediatrician...
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