Patient's question:
The baby is almost eight months old. The day before yesterday, she caught a cold and had diarrhea, with watery, yellow stools. The doctor diagnosed it as a viral infection and prescribed three days of medicine plus a bottle of smectite. During this time, I breastfed her and gave her rice powder and rice water, but it didn’t help. Later, I saw another doctor who prescribed three more days of medicine plus anti-diarrheal granules. During this period, I didn’t breastfeed her but only gave her rice powder and rice water. By the third day, she was better. On the fourth morning, I breastfed her and gave her rice powder, and at noon, I breastfed her again with rice powder. Everything was fine. After breastfeeding her at noon, I took an antacid, and after breastfeeding her again at night, she started having diarrhea again. I don’t know if it’s because of the breast milk or the medicine I took?Doctor's answer:
After diarrhea, it is common to experience secondary lactose intolerance, which will gradually improve. On the other hand, I don't know what stomach medicine you are taking, and it may affect the baby's gastrointestinal function. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers should not take medication casually. Currently, the baby should continue with the original medication, and the mother should avoid taking any more medication and wait and see.