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Would Taking SECEF Be Safe For Dysentry?
my seven years old daughter is having dysentery for the last 20 hrs ,she pass stool more than 15 times i give her ,ORS and flagyl...now i gave her O2...she is having high fever also..kindly help me..should i start giving her SECEF..the antibiotics or???
Wed, 12 Aug 2015
Hi read ur question
Ur girl had dysentery
U gave her right medicine
ORS give more to her
Also u have give her O2 which is antibiotic which treatment of choice in dysentery
And no need to add other Antibiotic
It will take some time to improve
If not improve and any of following is present then show ur paediatrician asap
1)More watery stool with vomiting
2)Not playful or irritable
3)Not passing urine more then 8 hour
4)Most of time sleeping
Ur girl had dysentery
U gave her right medicine
ORS give more to her
Also u have give her O2 which is antibiotic which treatment of choice in dysentery
And no need to add other Antibiotic
It will take some time to improve
If not improve and any of following is present then show ur paediatrician asap
1)More watery stool with vomiting
2)Not playful or irritable
3)Not passing urine more then 8 hour
4)Most of time sleeping
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