Patient's question:
Doctor, my child has recently been diagnosed with dysentery, but the child is still very young, and I'm really worried. Hello doctor, what medicine is effective for pediatric dysentery? Will the child taking dysentery medication cause any side effects?Doctor's answer:
Children's dysentery is most common in children over three years old and is related to unhealthy eating habits. It is usually caused by Shigella species, and patients often experience fever, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, tenesmus, and mucopurulent bloody stools. If nausea and vomiting are severe, intravenous treatment is required. The antibiotics used can be third-generation cephalosporins, which are relatively safe for children. During the recovery period, probiotics can be used to restore the gut microbiota.