Suggest better treatment for stomach infection in an infant
Patient: Hello doctor ,my 4 months baby is suffering from stomach infection.Doctor has given 5 days medicine named cefolac but there is not much relief within 3 days.He passes loose stools after whatever he eats & sometimes stool colour is green.I have to start top feed from tomorrow because i m resuming my job , so plz suggest to add any thing else to improve his conditions... Doctor: Hi..... PLEASE STOP ANTIBIOTICS. THIS IS NOT STOMACH INFECTION.... PASSING STOOLS AFTER FOOD IS GASTROCOLIC REFLEX.What your kid is having is not a diarrhea and is only a gastro-colic reflux. It is quite common for babies of this age group t pass small amount of diarrhea or loose stools soon after feeds. This need not be treated as diarrhea and especially antibiotics are not indicated.When the baby takes milk , the stomach expands - then when it is contracting it sets off a wave form which moves down the intestines and when that wave reaches the lower down rectum, a small quantity of the stool is evacuated out. This is the basis for gastro-colic reflex. Do not worry.Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry.Regards - Dr. Sumanth