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Suggest Remedies For Diarrhea With Mucus In Stools

Hello sir. My baby is 2 years and 9 months old. Since 22nd March 2011 she is having high fever and vomitting. She was also complaining of Stomach pain. We met pediatric and he prescribed meftal-P for fever and Lonazol for Acidity. Right now fever is under control but she is passing motion with mucus. Today she has passed motion 10 times. In last couple of hours she has passed motion 6 times. We are providing her ORS-L. Can you please suggest if I need to do something else.
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Hello,

It seems your kid has viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take five to seven 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 diarrhea.

I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for fourteen days) and ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is a very important and crucial part of treatment.

1. Please do not give ORS-L premixed packs for kids. It will cause high sodium. You need to give the powder form ORS which is approved by WHO for kids.

2. For fever, Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every four to sixth hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Meftal-P contains Mefenamic acid which is an NSAID. It carries the risk of gastritis and renal problems in the long run. Please do not use Meftal-P.


Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
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Suggest Remedies For Diarrhea With Mucus In Stools

Hello, It seems your kid has viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take five to seven 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 diarrhea. I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D drops 1ml once daily for fourteen days) and ORS (Each small packet mixed in 200ml of potable water and keep giving sip by sip) as hydration is a very important and crucial part of treatment. 1. Please do not give ORS-L premixed packs for kids. It will cause high sodium. You need to give the powder form ORS which is approved by WHO for kids. 2. For fever, Paracetamol can be given in the dose of 15mg/kg/dose (maximum ceiling dose of 500mg) every four to sixth hourly that too only if fever is more than 100F. I suggest not using combination medicines for fever, especially with Paracetamol. Meftal-P contains Mefenamic acid which is an NSAID. It carries the risk of gastritis and renal problems in the long run. Please do not use Meftal-P. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Sumanth Amperayani