hi, my child is 18 months old and got a fever a week ago after that she came down with a crouppy cough and is conjested. 3 days ago she got diarrhea that smells so stron and awful, light brown in color. She seems really tired and not herself, no fever though.Any idea what is going on?
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.