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Suffering From Amebiasis. Having Nausea, Loss Of Appetite. Prescribed Metronidazole. Treatment?
dear doctor, my nephew have been suffering from amebiasis for almost 10 days, his pediatrician had prescribe him metronidazole , which he took for 10 days, after the treatment period he still suffers pain, nausea as well as loss of appetite , may i ask what seems to be the problem that the said medicines had no effect on hiss illness . thanks for listening to our problem, hope to hear from u.
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Nausea and loss of appetite seems to be due to the after effects of metronidazole and shall go away in another 3. To 4 days.
Pain could also be temporary and shall go away.
I advise you to give him probiotic like SPOROLAC sachets twice a day for two weeks to restore the gut flora and deworm him by a course of ALBENDAZOLE.
He shall be all right soon.
Thanks
Nausea and loss of appetite seems to be due to the after effects of metronidazole and shall go away in another 3. To 4 days.
Pain could also be temporary and shall go away.
I advise you to give him probiotic like SPOROLAC sachets twice a day for two weeks to restore the gut flora and deworm him by a course of ALBENDAZOLE.
He shall be all right soon.
Thanks
Hi Helen,
Thanks for writing your query.
It might be a possibility that in addition to amoebiasis, your nephew is also suffering from bacterial infection. Get his stool examined. If there is evidence of pus cells in report, it indicates bacterial infection. For that antibiotic should be added for relief of symptoms. Metronidiazole will help only in amoebiasis and not bacterial infeciton.
Nausea and loss of apetite can be a due to side effect of metronidiazole as it has metallic taste.For pain you can give dicycloverine after consultation with his Paeditrician.
Also get his blood test for LFT ( Liver Function Test) and Complete Blood Count (CBC).
I hope this is helpful to you.
Thanks.
Thanks for writing your query.
It might be a possibility that in addition to amoebiasis, your nephew is also suffering from bacterial infection. Get his stool examined. If there is evidence of pus cells in report, it indicates bacterial infection. For that antibiotic should be added for relief of symptoms. Metronidiazole will help only in amoebiasis and not bacterial infeciton.
Nausea and loss of apetite can be a due to side effect of metronidiazole as it has metallic taste.For pain you can give dicycloverine after consultation with his Paeditrician.
Also get his blood test for LFT ( Liver Function Test) and Complete Blood Count (CBC).
I hope this is helpful to you.
Thanks.
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