My son just turned 2 years old. He has been vomiting but that has stopped but he is still having diarrhea. this has been going on for 5 days. I can hardly get him to drink or eat. he is playing a little bit, but I am worried about dehydration. Should I take him to er?
Hi, thank you for posting your question. Diarrhea in a 2-year-old unless associated with high fever/toxic look/blood in stool etc. is most probably benign viral. In this case it would take about a week or so for the symptoms to resolve completely. In the meantime, as you rightly mentioned, our main concern should be preventing the child from being deny Chat Doctor. In this case giving rely