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What Causes Watery Diarrhea And Gas In A Baby?
my 3 month old has watery diarrhea and a temp. of 95.18 degrees fahrenheit (35.1 degrees celsius) and is incredibly gassy. I ve been monitoring his temp. for the last few hours, it goes up .1 degree every hour. Should I take him to the hospital or could he be teething? He had his first set of immunizations on the 19th of this month, could it be the effects of that?
Thu, 30 Jun 2016
Hi
I understand your concerns. The symptoms are suggestive of gastrointestinal infection. Teething starts usually at 6 months of age and he is too young for it. I would recommend you to start him on oral rehydration therapy including regular feeds. Start a zinc supplement along with probiotic such as enterogermina. Get his CBC, CRP and stool routine examination done at a near by lab. You may upload the reports for my reference.
In case the baby seems to be too lethargic, poorly feeding and dehydrated, then immediately take him to the ER for clinical evaluation.
Take care
I understand your concerns. The symptoms are suggestive of gastrointestinal infection. Teething starts usually at 6 months of age and he is too young for it. I would recommend you to start him on oral rehydration therapy including regular feeds. Start a zinc supplement along with probiotic such as enterogermina. Get his CBC, CRP and stool routine examination done at a near by lab. You may upload the reports for my reference.
In case the baby seems to be too lethargic, poorly feeding and dehydrated, then immediately take him to the ER for clinical evaluation.
Take care
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