Hi Doctor .... My son is 18 months old and is having loose motions since yesterday .... he is not eating anything. I gave sporlac powder to him last night. Today morning he had his milk and after 5 minutes he again passed motion like yesterday. Pls suggest what shud i do, in feel he also has colic issue
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.