Patient's question:
Confirmed with rotavirus for four days. On the first day, in the morning, it first vomited, drank some water, but all came out. That day, I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with rotavirus. Had two loose stools, blood tests showed some inflammation, and stool tests showed positive for rotavirus. Prescribed oral rehydration solution, cefixime granules, probiotics, and smectite suspension.On the second day, had five loose stools with a slight fever, so stopped taking cefixime granules.
On the third day, in the morning, shortly after waking up, had one bowel movement that was a bit dry. After eating breakfast, took a spoonful of milk powder and a pack of probiotics together. By noon, had a small bowl of congee, shortly after which had watery diarrhea. Also ate congee in the evening, drank milk powder and probiotics, but had no bowel movement all night.
On the fourth day, in the morning, had one loose stool, ate congee, drank milk powder and probiotics. By noon, before eating, had watery diarrhea again.
Treatment history and effectiveness: None.
What help is desired: Is it due to taking the wrong medication or some other reason? Can probiotics be taken with milk powder? Do probiotics have side effects that cause watery diarrhea? Or should they not be taken with milk powder?
Doctor's answer:
The most common cause of infant diarrhea is rotavirus infection, which frequently occurs in autumn and winter. Based on the information you provided, your baby's symptoms are not caused by medication. Nausea and vomiting induced by rotavirus are typically accompanied by watery stools and curdled milk-like appearance. Probiotics can be taken together with formula milk. Note that probiotics should be taken separately from cefixime suspension to avoid the cefixime medication from affecting the efficacy of probiotics.