I have a 4.5 month old male boy, who has been having loose stools for the past week. He takes 120 ml of lactogen1 apart from breast feed. His stool test says he has mucus present in stools, pus cells 5-6/hpf, occult blood negative and reducing substance, Stool - Present. What does this mean?
Hi...this is a normal stool report. Do not worry about the report. 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. What your kid is having is not a diarrhea and is only a gastronomic reflux. It is quite common for babies of this age group t pass small amount of diarrhea or loose stools soon after feeds. This need not be treated as diarrhea and especially antibiotics are not indicated. 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. Hope my answer was helpful for you.  I am happy to help any time. Further clarifications and consultations on Chat Doctor are welcome. If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer. Wish your kid good health.