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Is Bioflor Tablets Safe For Infants With Green Mucus Stools?
My 3 month old baby is having green mucusy stoll. Stoll test found white blood cells (30-50). She is gaining weight (5.7kg) , chubby, and happy. Her stool has been taken to caltivated. Meanwhile, the doctor has prescribe antibiotics for her. I am reluctant to give it to her if unnecessary as I have a feeling that she has an allergy to food through my having my breast milk. Will she still need to take the antibiotics if that is the case or could she take bioflor ? Thank you
Greenish mucoid stools are an absolutely normal occurrence in an exclusively breast fed infant and so is increased stool frequency( upto 20 times a day may be considered normal).This is because of a phenomenon known as gastrocolic reflex which causes reflex defecation in response to feed. Here the contents of the intestine do not get time to change colour and are excreted in the same colour as they are found in the small intestine. Thus if your child is being exclusively breasted, these symptoms are to be taken as normal especially in the face if a happy and normally growing child. Thus antibiotics are not indicated. Also, since it is a normal occurance, probiotics like bioflor are also not indicated. If it is the stool report that is causing the confusion then repeating the report before starting antibiotics would be my suggestion. Having said so I would suggest you also keep a watch on your child's symptoms.Any change, decreased feeding, decreased urine output or activity, faltering in weight gain should be reported and dealt with immediately.
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Is Bioflor Tablets Safe For Infants With Green Mucus Stools?
Thank you for posting your question. Greenish mucoid stools are an absolutely normal occurrence in an exclusively breast fed infant and so is increased stool frequency( upto 20 times a day may be considered normal).This is because of a phenomenon known as gastrocolic reflex which causes reflex defecation in response to feed. Here the contents of the intestine do not get time to change colour and are excreted in the same colour as they are found in the small intestine. Thus if your child is being exclusively breasted, these symptoms are to be taken as normal especially in the face if a happy and normally growing child. Thus antibiotics are not indicated. Also, since it is a normal occurance, probiotics like bioflor are also not indicated. If it is the stool report that is causing the confusion then repeating the report before starting antibiotics would be my suggestion. Having said so I would suggest you also keep a watch on your child s symptoms.Any change, decreased feeding, decreased urine output or activity, faltering in weight gain should be reported and dealt with immediately.