Need medication for frequent passing of watery stools
Patient: sir, 1 yr and 3 months male child having the frequent watery motions from yesterday night onwards.Early morning fever was noticed and given paracetamal and the fever was reduced.What type of treatment i should follow?kindly sugget me. Kidson Doctor: Hi, I had gone through your question and understand your concerns. You should be worried but not too much. I see similar cases amongst young people who visit my clinic. In the first meeting, I advise my patients to have plenty of water and ORS 5-10 ml every 5 min for rehydration.You can discuss this with your treating Doctor.For the next 5-7 days, try to follow the following guidelines. Get his stool analysis and stool culture checked.1.Avoid high fibre diet, green leafy vegetables, fruits,tea. Give him rice water, boiled potato, rice soup,dry bread.2.Fatty and protein food should be completely avoided.3.Syp.taxim(cefixime) 4 mg/kg/dose twice a day for 5 days, after meal to kill infection.4.Enterogermina 1 sachet once a day for elimination of pathogenic flora.5.Charcoal 1 tablet with water daily  for  absorption of toxins.Hope this answers your question. If you have additional questions or follow up questions then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your questions. Wishing your baby speedy recovery and good health.