7 year old, nearly every morning (as soon as waking up) running for the bathroom, very loose stool and very, very smelly...sometimes he soils himself in his sleep, sometimes it wakes him up during the night...we know he is very sensitive to any milk and have completely removed dairy from his diet....what else could cause it...
Hi, It seems your kid is having viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better.  Unless the kids 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 Chat Doctor.