hello sir, my daughter is 17 months old..two days back she got severe fever so doctor started with paracetamol and enterogermina due to somewhat disturbed motion...yesterday her fever increased and consulted again so he added augmentin...now today she got very severe diarrhoea that was light colored and in bulk... i didnt stop augmentin ..but motion were somehwhat loose before antibiotic and got severe after it...fever got less. now on enterogermina, augmentin, zinc , mebarid...what should i do...? so situation doesnt worsen
Hi...this looks like a viral diarrhea. One of the side effects of Augustin is antibiotic associated diarrhea. STOP Augmenting. 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 (LIKE AUGMENTING) 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.