What causes blood in stools of child?
Patient: sir my son age is 16th month.he has not going motion properly .he goes thrice a day that also very hardly sometimes blood also coming.he have so much pain .i consider so much doctors but not use. weight 8.5kg,height i don t know,come to medicines lactogen only motion problem dont have any problems Doctor: hi, blood in stool in a 16 months child can be due to hard stools due to constipation, acute gastroenteritis, worm infestation. constipation can be prevented in child by giving more water to child, giving all type of food not just Milk or any single food. other thing could be acute gastroenteritis this occurs due to sucking of fingers, or taking things in mouth. for this, antibiotic like cefixime should be given. also give a Prebiotic like and enterogermina ampule once a day for 3 days. for worm infestation Albendazole should be given. an examination by doctor should be done so that we may not miss any important finding. Have a good day.