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Child With Greenish Loose Stools. Advised To Avoid Dairy Products. Taking Zinc Supplement. Reason?
my son aged 1 year 8 months frequently has loose stools appears mucoid occassionally greenish noy very foul smelling frequency 5-8 times / day. has repeated episodes almost every month. he was suggested to avoid dairy milk and milk products but again after 4 months a repeat attack of loose stools has occurred. no antibiotics are given except zinc supplement today 7th day still no improvement in the quality , though frequency has decreased. what could be the cause.
Thu, 30 May 2013
Dear user,
The occurrence of frequent green stools despite stopping milk and other dairy products is suggestive of this NOT being due to milk carbohydrate allergy/intolerance. Please re-introduce dairy products, slowly, to be sure. On the other hand, it does appear that the stools may have infective origin. Suggest doing a stool culture to know the offending organism and take it from there.
-Dr. Taher
The occurrence of frequent green stools despite stopping milk and other dairy products is suggestive of this NOT being due to milk carbohydrate allergy/intolerance. Please re-introduce dairy products, slowly, to be sure. On the other hand, it does appear that the stools may have infective origin. Suggest doing a stool culture to know the offending organism and take it from there.
-Dr. Taher
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