Patient's question:
For half a month, it has happened twice. The most number of WBCs found in the stool sample was 4-5 at its peak. Can this be diagnosed as colitis? Is it necessary to use antibiotics like amoxicillin? First follow-up question: Doctor Wang Wang, can "probiotics" be used? The medicine you mentioned seems not to be available here!Doctor's answer:
It's common for babies to have diarrhea. That's because their digestive system hasn't fully developed and is quite delicate. So, even slight carelessness can easily lead to diarrhea. If the germs aren't eliminated, the fever will keep coming back. Fever-reducing medicine only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. For moderate low-grade fever (not exceeding 38.5°C), it's recommended not to take fever-reducing medicine. Fever itself is the baby's white blood cells fighting the germs, which is a form of self-immune protection. The main thing is to identify the cause of the fever and eliminate the virus or bacteria, and the fever will naturally subside.