What causes stomach ache?
Patient: my child of 6 years is having frequent tummy aches and passes stool which relieves the pain and the stool has some mucus and the food that she ate recently. She had fever yesterday but no fever today. We thought she is recovering but the aches are back again. can we give her anafortan? or what else? . Doctor: HiWelcome to the HCMIn my opinion your child is suffering from a bacterial or parasitic infestation of the gut.It seems to be more like an intestinal amoebiasis.It is usually caused by ingestion of unhygeinic food or water. To support the diagnosis you can go for a stool examination and immunological test for amoebiasis. For management you should give her the following:1. Keep her well hydrated by regular oral rehydration therapy such as lemonade, Buttermilk, ORS etc.2. Start her on Ofloxacin- ornidazole syrup to treat the infection.3. For fever, you can give her anafortan.4. Also give her 2 doses of albendazole at 15 days interval.For further questions, do contact us