On Tuesday of last week, my 10 month old son threw up a lot - no fever - he s had diarrhea ever since. This morning he finally woke up at 8am; he went to bed the night before at 6pm, his normal time. He was awake for one hour, had a 6 ounce bottle which he kept down and no diarrhea, but wet diaper . He was incredibly lethargic, really listless and fussy, just wanted to be held and cuddled. Once again, no fever. What do you think I should be doing?
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.