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Suggest Treatment For Vomiting And Diarrhea

On Monday, my 2 year old son was vomiting and had diarrhea. It was a challenge to get him to eat and drink. Tuesday morning the vomiting stopped but he still has diarrhea. He didn t really eat throughout the day, but seemed hungry for supper both those nights. The only thing he wants to drink is water. Today, he woke up this morning and had a little breakfast, some water, snack and lunch. We had two incidents today where his diarrhea was so runny, it was strictly fluid that not only formed a puddle when it came out his diaper, but whatever was left in the diaper, I poured in the toilet. I have two concerns: 1) how can we tell if he is dehydrated; 2) he is not peeing. I called his doctors office and they said he has a flu and I need to keep him hydrated. Is just drinking water okay? How much should he be peeing?
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in diarroea there are some methods to see dehydration. dehydrated child has sunken eyes, dry mouth, dry tongue, no tears in eyes, skin of abdomen goes back slowly after pinch.
pain water is not useful as it is not absorbed through intestine. ors is ideal solution for treatment of diarrhoea. is child is not passing urine then it is not good.
racecadotril helps to absorb more water through gut.
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Suggest Treatment For Vomiting And Diarrhea

in diarroea there are some methods to see dehydration. dehydrated child has sunken eyes, dry mouth, dry tongue, no tears in eyes, skin of abdomen goes back slowly after pinch. pain water is not useful as it is not absorbed through intestine. ors is ideal solution for treatment of diarrhoea. is child is not passing urine then it is not good. racecadotril helps to absorb more water through gut.