What is the reason for a child's green stool and bowel movements every four or five days?

Patient's question:

8 months, every three or four days, have a bowel movement, often talk nonsense, fart smells bad, sometimes crying when talking nonsense, initially yellow, soft, for the past half month, have green stool, still every three or four days, stool is a bit runny. Went to the hospital for a check-up (white blood cells and pus cells occasionally seen, red blood cells negative, egg negative), the doctor said it's nothing, many children are like this, said the mother should not touch cold water. But I am very worried, hoping to get some advice. I breastfeed during the day, irregularly, about once at 12 o'clock at night, about 100 ml of formula milk. Drink water, apple water, carrot water, have not given the child anything else. The child is not thin, height is normal, in good spirits.
Previous treatment and effectiveness: Have not taken any medicine, should I take Heshengyuan or Mami Ai? What kind of assistance is needed: Want to know if this is normal, need to take any medicine, need to pay attention to what?

Doctor's answer:

From the baby's stool, it is green, indicating some level of infection. The routine stool test shows white blood cells, and there are also some pus cells, which makes the condition relatively dangerous. We diagnose this condition as infectious gastroenteritis. When it comes to infection, it means there is inflammation, and only by treating the inflammation appropriately can the condition be fully cured. Currently, active treatment is necessary. If active treatment is not given, the infection may worsen, potentially leading to complications such as sepsis or electrolyte imbalances, making it even harder to treat later.
Recommendation: It is recommended to give the baby oral cefixime dispersible tablets along with Miamai for treatment.

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