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Suggest Treatment For Loose Motion And Abdominal Pain In A 3 Year Old Child

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Posted on Mon, 24 Apr 2017
Question: Hi
My baby age is 3 Yrs she is facing issues stomach pain with lose 2-3 time,

Please any medicine ...
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Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (48 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Looks like viral diarrhea - if it's loose stools

Detailed Answer:
Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic.
It seems your kid is having viral diarrhoea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better.

Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.

There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhoea.

I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for 14 days) & ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is very important and crucial part of treatment. If there is vomiting you can use Syrup Ondansetron (as prescribed by your paediatrician).

Regarding diet - Avoid fruit juices as they might aggravate diarrhea. You can give zinc supplements & ORS apart from normal vegetarian porridges & soups.

Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,
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Follow up: Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (24 hours later)
Can you please provide me a exactally medicine name so that i can purchase from shop , they can't understand z&D name...
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Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (17 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Zinc is available as Zinc acetate

Detailed Answer:
Hi....Zinc is available as ZincAcetate. You can try Syrup formulation like Syrup Zinconia. But the strength will differ. You need to give 20 MG zinc Acetate per day. In Z&D drops it is available as 20 MG per ml, in syrup form​ it is available as 20 MG. per 5 ml. You can get the medicine and then get back to me so that I will guide you further.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Suggest Treatment For Loose Motion And Abdominal Pain In A 3 Year Old Child

Brief Answer: Looks like viral diarrhea - if it's loose stools Detailed Answer: Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic. It seems your kid is having viral diarrhoea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhoea. I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for 14 days) & ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is very important and crucial part of treatment. If there is vomiting you can use Syrup Ondansetron (as prescribed by your paediatrician). Regarding diet - Avoid fruit juices as they might aggravate diarrhea. You can give zinc supplements & ORS apart from normal vegetarian porridges & soups. Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health. Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,