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What Causes Persistent Vomiting In An Infant?
Question: My 50 days daughter has loose motions 8-10 times everyday from last 5 days. Sometimes she also does vomiting.
Please suggest
Please suggest
Brief Answer:
Exclusive breast feeding is the best.
Detailed Answer:
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I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. The first thing that I would need to ask is whether the baby is exclusively breast fed. For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool. You just need to continue exclusive breast feeding and nothing else.
I do not think that there is a stomach infection involved. The conclusion of a stomach infection can be arrived upon only if the pus cell count in stool microscopy is present (it is normal for bacteria to be found in stool and that is not indicative of infection). Unless an infection is evident, I do not suppose that it is a good idea to give antibiotics, especially when the frequency of passage of stool is normal.
You should burp the baby for at least 15-20 mins after each feed. All you need to do is to hold the baby head end elevated for this duration. The extra air taken causes distention and hence colics. Unless this is done diligently regurgitation can occur and this will lead to vomiting. Proper burping will ensure its escape and the milk will not regurgitate back from the stomach to the food pipe, thus providing relief. You can otherwise continue to give Coliaid when needed.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
Exclusive breast feeding is the best.
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. The first thing that I would need to ask is whether the baby is exclusively breast fed. For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool. You just need to continue exclusive breast feeding and nothing else.
I do not think that there is a stomach infection involved. The conclusion of a stomach infection can be arrived upon only if the pus cell count in stool microscopy is present (it is normal for bacteria to be found in stool and that is not indicative of infection). Unless an infection is evident, I do not suppose that it is a good idea to give antibiotics, especially when the frequency of passage of stool is normal.
You should burp the baby for at least 15-20 mins after each feed. All you need to do is to hold the baby head end elevated for this duration. The extra air taken causes distention and hence colics. Unless this is done diligently regurgitation can occur and this will lead to vomiting. Proper burping will ensure its escape and the milk will not regurgitate back from the stomach to the food pipe, thus providing relief. You can otherwise continue to give Coliaid when needed.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
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