What Causes Diarrhea During Tooth Eruption In A Child?

Posted on Fri, 17 Jun 2016

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Question : hi doctor
my daughter is teething and she is having loose motions, like 4-5 motions in a day. she is one year old. she is hardly eating anything and looks weak as well. Doctor earlier advised us to use the attached liquid to control the motions. is it safe to give her this medicine. what is your suggestion

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (-5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, you can give it.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to HCM.
Can understand your concerns.

Loose stools during teething occurs due to infection. Infection is mostly due to taking things in mouth.

For this, you should start vitamin d drops so that teething occurs smoothly and child stops taking things in mouth due to irritation of guys.

I have seen the picture that you have attached. It contains bacillus clausii which is a prebiotic and will be helpful in loose stools. But, it should not be given more than 5 days at once.

I hope this will help you.
Wishing your child good health.
Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar