<human>: Hi, My son is 20 month old.Heis suffering from loose motions since 2 days(especially day time like 7 stools p.d ).I gave him pedialyte so that he doesn t dehydrate. But its not controlled. It seems like my child is getting some more teeth.can u pls help Thanks shwetha
<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. 