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What Causes Frequent Bowel Movements In A 7 Year Old?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...my 7 year old has about 5-6 bowel movements per day sometimes and they are extremely foul smelling. i mean extremely. the texture is very cakey...like clay mud which makes it veruy diffivult to wipe and clean up. This has been going on for about three years or so. Could he maybe have an allergy to wheat or something? I dont know what to think. help!
Mon, 13 Mar 2017
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hi, increased frequency of stools which are foul smelling sometimes can be due to acute gastroenteritis, celiac disease, malabsorption syndrome. since the stools foul smelling the chances of acute gastroenteritis is very high. in acute gastroenteritis, antibiotic like Metronidazole is given for 3 to 4 days. also prebiotic like enterogermina ampule can be given once a day for 3 days. in celiac disease, there is allergy to wheat and as a result whenever child eat wheat there are loose stools. test for celiac disease like complete blood count and ttg antibody level should be done. For malabsorption syndrome, stool for routine microscopy should be done. Have a nice day.
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What Causes Frequent Bowel Movements In A 7 Year Old?

hi, increased frequency of stools which are foul smelling sometimes can be due to acute gastroenteritis, celiac disease, malabsorption syndrome. since the stools foul smelling the chances of acute gastroenteritis is very high. in acute gastroenteritis, antibiotic like Metronidazole is given for 3 to 4 days. also prebiotic like enterogermina ampule can be given once a day for 3 days. in celiac disease, there is allergy to wheat and as a result whenever child eat wheat there are loose stools. test for celiac disease like complete blood count and ttg antibody level should be done. For malabsorption syndrome, stool for routine microscopy should be done. Have a nice day.