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Is It To Be Concerned About Frequent Loose Motion In Child?

hi , my baby z of 18 months old n he frequently gets loose motions... its means like once in a week , but i dont wan use medicines , so can u plz suggest some alternate to stop his motions .... also wan a no , can i give him ors water like apple flavour or orange flavour like dat type of fluids ..
Tue, 15 Jul 2014
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Hi.I am a pediatrician. Welcome to health care magic. Let me solve your query.
First of all, please know that young children, less than 2 year old, frequently tend to pass stools within 30 minutes after feeds,which is called as gastrocolic reflex which is a normal phenomenon and that stops as the child grows older and as the gut matures. If that is the case with your child, please do not worry about any further.
If not and your child is getting loose stools frequently, i recommended you to take few steps, especially avoiding foods from outside shops/hotels and always using clean utensils and hands while preparing and serving food to your child. An otherwise uncomplicated loose stools (i.e., child is not passing blood mixed stools, has normal urine output and he is otherwise alert) doesn't require anything except for ORS, continuing breastfeeds and zinc. I would especially recommend zinc for your child (20 mg/day for 14 days) as this would not only decrease the duration of present episode of loose stools but also will decrease the chances of future occurrence of loose stools.
And yes, you can give him apple/orange flavoured ORS. There is no harm in it. Make sure that you child takes atleast 1 glass of ORS after passing each loose stool. Hope i have addressed your query. Please get back to me if you have any further questions. I would be happy to help. Thank you.
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Is It To Be Concerned About Frequent Loose Motion In Child?

Hi.I am a pediatrician. Welcome to health care magic. Let me solve your query. First of all, please know that young children, less than 2 year old, frequently tend to pass stools within 30 minutes after feeds,which is called as gastrocolic reflex which is a normal phenomenon and that stops as the child grows older and as the gut matures. If that is the case with your child, please do not worry about any further. If not and your child is getting loose stools frequently, i recommended you to take few steps, especially avoiding foods from outside shops/hotels and always using clean utensils and hands while preparing and serving food to your child. An otherwise uncomplicated loose stools (i.e., child is not passing blood mixed stools, has normal urine output and he is otherwise alert) doesn t require anything except for ORS, continuing breastfeeds and zinc. I would especially recommend zinc for your child (20 mg/day for 14 days) as this would not only decrease the duration of present episode of loose stools but also will decrease the chances of future occurrence of loose stools. And yes, you can give him apple/orange flavoured ORS. There is no harm in it. Make sure that you child takes atleast 1 glass of ORS after passing each loose stool. Hope i have addressed your query. Please get back to me if you have any further questions. I would be happy to help. Thank you.