Hello doctor ,my 4 months baby is suffering from stomach infection.Doctor has given 5 days medicine named cefolac but there is not much relief within 3 days.He passes loose stools after whatever he eats & sometimes stool colour is green.I have to start top feed from tomorrow because i m resuming my job , so plz suggest to add any thing else to improve his conditions...
Hi..... PLEASE STOP ANTIBIOTICS. THIS IS NOT STOMACH INFECTION.... PASSING STOOLS AFTER FOOD IS GASTRONOMIC REFLEX. What your kid is having is not a diarrhea and is only a gastronomic reflux. It is quite common for babies of this age group t pass small amount of diarrhea or loose stools soon after feeds. This need not be treated as diarrhea and especially antibiotics are not indicated. When the baby takes milk, the stomach expands - then when it is contracting it sets off a wave form which moves down the intestines and when that wave reaches the lower down rectum, a small quantity of the stool is evacuated out. This is the basis for gastronomic reflex. Do not worry. 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. Regards -