Suggest Treatment For Recurrent Loose Stool In A Child

Posted on Sun, 25 Dec 2016

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Sun, 25 Dec 2016 Answered on

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Question : my son had loose stools twice daily and the dr cheking him gave anazol and kapect aftr 5 days of course when his motions continued the dr prescribed a stool analyisis after 5 days of antibiotics wich showed 2 -4 puss cells 0 -1 rbcs blood nil mucus nil undigested food positive.wen went for stool culture it was negative
after 6 weeks too his loose motions twice or thrice daily (loose like porridge )earlier it shaped like a banana ( soory for using such terms ) my q is wen the stool analyisis took place he already had antibiotics and anti diarrheaal medcine ..can it effecf the result of the analysis shall i go for his stool test again or is it ok ..plz guide me

Answered by Dr. Chobufo Ditah (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
I will not recommend further testing!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

True the antibiotics could have influenced the test result. With negative testing, it means the antibiotics were at least effective on the germs and thus must have treated the infection fully.

Given the duration of this diarrhea, I will suggest that you review his diet. The diet might be the cause given the recent trend of symptoms. I will suggest that you review his diet and only allow what has be there for a long time. If there are any recent changes in his diet, please withdraw and introduce one at a time to make sure he’s tolerating all of them.

I wish your son well. Keep me posted on the progress of your son. There is no need for further testing at this time.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar

Follow up: Dr. Chobufo Ditah (1 hour later)

thanks dr.he is on nor al diet since a fortnite i gave him enterogermina too bt a moth bak i gave hin vananas yougurt bt since last 15 days he vak on his normal diet..still he passes the same stool earlier he only used to go once a day wid solid stuff bt nw he goes two or three times loose ..even if he doesn't go for a day nw the next day he poops the same ..am worreiid cud i read on net abt ibs and ibd and nw fearing is he having some thibg serious that his poop is bt gettinv bak to normal plz help me

Answered by Dr. Chobufo Ditah (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
IBD and IBS are not for persons of his age!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

These disease conditions are really not for persons in his age group/. He cannot have them now. If your child is eating and drinking normally, then there is no reason for any further worries about him as this could be physiological.

Twice daily stools are not worrisome and I will not prescribe any aggressive measures in this light. I will rather suggest that monitor only at this time. Spontaneous resolution would be anticipated.

Keep me posted about his progress. I wish you well.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee