My 20 month old has been sick for the past 4 days, wet coughs and runny nose, no fever and loss of appetite. I ve been giving Zarbee s and paid attention to fluid intake and variety of foods. She seems to be back to her old self, more rebellious and active on day 4, but now she had 3 loose bowel movements for the past 2 days. The usual for her is one a day, sometimes two/small ones and on occasion 3. Her downstairs area [front and back] got red today and some red bumps on top of her front area. Is it something to be concerned about?
Hi...this is classical diaper rash due to diarrhea. It can be treated with emollients for topical application. Once diarrhea settles, the rash will settle automatically. 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. For diarrhea, I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D Chat Doctor.