Hi , my baby is 8 months old, and she had septic enteritis at 1 month age, and had blood stool. She get recovery from that time, and now it comes again after 2 days diarrhea. We did the Rotavirus test, it shows negative. She looks fine everyday, so i dont know how i could do for her.. what do you suggest?
Most often loose motions in child Chat Doctor.  Rotavirus is one of such viruses, but not the only one. But presence of some amount of blood could indicate a bacterial infection that might need treatment with antibiotics. If the child is active and fine there is perhaps less cause to worry, but I would insist you to get a routine microscopy of stool done. If the results indicate increased pus cell count, it could indicate a bacterial infection and could require to be treated with antibiotics like Ofloxacin. But in case pus cell count is normal, there is no need to give antibiotics and there is less to worry about. Giving ORS (oral rely