Patient's question:
In good spirits, but easily startled when sleeping. Went to the hospital for a stool test, and the doctor said it was enteritis. Took Gentamicin and Dureolin for 5 days and it improved, but now it has recurred. What should I do? Should I continue taking the medicine? Gentamicin has too many side effects, can I still take it?Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the Condition: Changes in Stool - Dietary Adjustment■ The stool frequency is increased compared to usual, with a looser texture, containing small yellow oily particles, and a sour odor, which is caused by poor fat digestion.
Dietary Adjustment: For breastfeeding infants, only the first half of the milk (which has lower fat content) should be given, while the higher-fat second half should be expressed and discarded. Additionally, the mother should drink more water and consume less high-fat food or fried foods.
■ The stool is watery with bubbles, has a strong sour and pungent odor like spoiled food, which may be due to undigested carbohydrates.
Dietary Adjustment: Reduce the amount of sugar added to the milk, or temporarily stop dairy products, replacing them with rice water, diluted soy milk, and sweetened with glucose.
■ The stool has a foul odor like rotten eggs, containing undigested milk curds, which may indicate poor protein digestion.
Dietary Adjustment: For infants not yet on solid foods, limit milk intake for 1-2 days. For infants already on complementary foods like eggs, fish, or minced meat, temporarily stop adding new foods until normal digestion resumes, then gradually reintroduce them.
■ The stool is brown and spherical, difficult to pass, and may even have blood streaks around it, which suggests hard stool has damaged the anus.
Suggestions:
Dietary Adjustment: Encourage more water intake and provide vegetable soup, carrot puree, seaweed soup, apple puree, radish juice, cucumber juice, etc. For infants over 1 year old, honey water can be given. On a regular basis, she can be given products like Life-Space Colostrum, which can improve iron absorption and transport, blood indicators, and the health of the intestines and respiratory tract.