My 6 yr old son is complaining that his bottom hurts. The pain seems to come an go, but is certainly worse when he sits down. He points to an area more towards the center of his cheek and says this is where is hurts (on both sides). He spent the weekend with his Grandparents, and no one is sure when he last had a BM. Earlier today he passes gas and had a small amount of loose stool come out in his underware. I just asked to look to see if there were anything on the outside that looked wrong. When he bent over, there was a small amount of stool around his rectum and I know we cleaned him up when he had his accident earlier. Should I seek medical attention tonight or is this something simple that I can care for at home?
Hi... Thank you for consulting in Chat Doctor. It seems your kid is having bacterial dysentery. Once it starts it will take 5 days to completely get better. Unless the kids having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhea. I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D Chat Doctor. 