<human>: Hi for the past few days my 13 month old has had very loose stools sometimes they are watery and yellow in colour. He has had a dirty nappy upto 6 times yesterday it also has a very strong beefy stench to it should I be worried. Also his bump is really sore
<bot>: 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. 