Patient's question:
Age of onset and symptoms: Fever and diarrhea for five to six days, with five to six bowel movements per day, loose and yellow stools, no vomiting, and spirits are okay.History of treatment and effectiveness: Took diarrhea medication, but it was ineffective.
Help needed: How should it be treated?
Doctor's answer:
The first thing parents need to do when their child has diarrhea is to collect a stool sample and send it to the hospital as soon as possible, within two hours, to determine whether it is caused by infectious or non-infectious factors. Infectious factors include bacterial infections, viral infections, and fungal infections; non-infectious factors may be due to unsuitable food, changes in weather, or accompanying symptoms of other diseases. Therefore, when diarrhea occurs, it is important not to panic and first identify the cause. If antibiotics are used too early or too frequently, it may actually worsen the diarrhea.Additionally, after the child has diarrhea, we can identify which areas may be prone to problems, such as dietary issues or allergies. This way, we can take better preventive measures next time. Diarrhea caused by non-bacterial infections can generally be treated with probiotics (such as Mimi Ai) or montmorillonite; for bacterial enteritis, anti-infective treatments (such as cefixime or gentamicin) can be chosen.