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What Are The Ways To Give The Medication For 8 Months Old?

my baby is 8 months old. he has been passing stools 3-6times a day for more than 2 weeks. she had been treated the first 10 days with metronidazole, and now she's re-infected. there had been blood in the stool with an RBC count of 75-80/hpf. my daughter wouldn't drink the medication. any advise on what i have to do? i cant get her to drink her medications even her vitamins.
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
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Hi Dear
Welcome to the HCM,
Feeding hygiene to be given atmost importance like
stool culture ans sensitivity to be done to get the exact bug causing the infection and also the exact drug to be used.
Please give the medicine with dropper in drop wise manner along with drops of medicine you can give intermixed with sweetened milk.
Hope the query is answered.
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What Are The Ways To Give The Medication For 8 Months Old?

Hi Dear Welcome to the HCM, Feeding hygiene to be given atmost importance like stool culture ans sensitivity to be done to get the exact bug causing the infection and also the exact drug to be used. Please give the medicine with dropper in drop wise manner along with drops of medicine you can give intermixed with sweetened milk. Hope the query is answered. thanks