How to treat a child having Diarrhea? - Dr. Varsha Saxena

All children suffer from diarrhoea in some part of their life but most diarrhoea's are self-limited and should not cause a worry in the parents. If the child is active feeding well and diarrhea is mild there is no cause of worry. The Child should be given ORS, should be feed properly with sugar salt solutions with regular foods like rice, bananas, tender coconut water and the diarrhoea is subside in a few days. Ddiarrhoea in which the parents should look out for some symptoms and the consult the doctor immediately will be like if the child is having very high fever, if the child is having abdominal pain, there is blood and mucus in stool or if the child is passing diarrhoea very frequent it's known as hypo great that is a child is passing stool every one hour and the volume of stool is high and if the child is continuously vomiting then he should be immediately consulted and if the child is showing any sings of hydration which can be dry skin lethargic, decrease urine output or cold clammy extremities, not feeding well, this things is if any sings of dehydration is there paediatrician should be immediately consulted