my child is suffering from loose motions and vomits since 24 hours. The frequency is quite high. he is 9 months old. is this a teething problem? he is asking for just water which is not digested. kindly help me. he is so troubled. it seems like his all energy is lost.
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.