My 11 month old son is having loose stools since today morning. Also he is not eating his ood as he does normally. I have not given any medicine yet..should i check with a doctor and get it tested? Or is it just indigestion and wait to see if it subsides?
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.