Suggest Treatment For Food Infection And Vomiting

Posted on Fri, 2 Jan 2015

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Fri, 2 Jan 2015 Answered on

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Question : hi my son is suffering from food infection...he has been vomitting and has lose motions since 2 days. refuses to eat anything. n now feeling very weak. what should i feed him

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (30 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Viral diarrhoea

Detailed Answer:
Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic.
It seems your kid is having viral diarrhoea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. 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.
There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhoea.
I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for 14 days) & ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is very important and crucial part of treatment. If there is vomiting you can use Syrup Ondansetron as prescribed by your paediatrician.

Feed him any thing with low sugar content. Avoid fruit juices.

Hope my answer was helpful for you. I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Health care magic are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.
Dr. Sumanth MBBS., DCH., DNB (Paed).,

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