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Suggest Treatment For Diarrhea
Hi. My son is 4 years old. He s having soft to watery stool and stomach ache for 4 days now. I bought a box of erceflora with 10 vials in it to which his pedia always give him on this kind of condition. There s only 3 vials left but still having diarrhea and the urge to defecate is still high although i can see the improvement on the consistency of the stool now. I also gave him pedialyte for rehydration. Should i shift to a different medication now? What can you suggest?
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Hi...this seems like a viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will be there for 5-7 days. 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. 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.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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