My son is 18months old, he was sick 4 times yesterday, but seemed fine in himself. Today he has diarrhoea. He is very drowsy and lethargic. Deep droopy eyes. Very stressed and not him self at all. Not eating or doing the things he loves. Took him out of hours doctors and she said a tummy bug. But not happy with the answer. Any advice please
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. 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.