My 3 month old son has had awful diahrea for the past 5 days. It s very stringy and mucusy with white chunks which I m assuming is I digested milk. He is bottle fed. The poop has no odor and is leaving a very bad diaper rash. He has had no fever. What could it be? What can I try?
Thanks for posting on Chat Doctor. For infants, formula feeds are not easy to digest, and often semi digested portions appear in the stool. Semi digested milk can also give rise to substances that may cause loose stools to be passed. However, rotavirus is a very common cause of diarrhea in infants and probably that is the cause of diarrhea in your child. Unless associated with bloody stools, even without treatment of the cause, such diarrheas generally resolve spontaneously within 5-7 days, so antibiotics are not required. All you need to do is to replenish the salt or water loss by the use of ORS. Had he been exclusively breastfed, I would have insisted you to continue breastfeeding, however. Hope that helps. Feel free to revert in case of further queries if any.