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Suggest Treatment For Severe Diarrhea
thankyou so much my dad had five diarrhea in two days no fever stinks not same as normal bm he is drinking gaterade not dehydrated can I give him a antibiotic my husband also had diarrhea for one week better now my husband thinks he caught a germ we went to the city my dau was having baby since dad now has it did maybe did my husband pass the ger, can I give him antibiotic what kind cannot get to dr closed and will not go to hosp but he really does not complain about any pain ca n u help me please and thankyou so much janie
Fri, 30 Oct 2015
Hello! Thanks for putting your query in HCM. I am a Gastroenterologist. I appreciate your concern regarding your dad. it appears to be suffering from acute infectious enteritis. So you can give him a course of antibiotic like ofloxacin 200mg bd for 3 days. I hope I have answered your query and this will help you . Wish you a good health
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