Hello Doctors, History :- My child is 13 months old and she had diarrhea before 3 months. At that time I have hospitalized her for three days. Then it was recovered. But after that she has same problem at least once in a month. Now again she has a same problem i.e. diarrhea. we have consulted a pediatric doctor. According his advice we have done the STOOL CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY test, test result shows :- Pus cells and motile bacilli seen. Organism Isolated : E.Coli. Treatment Given : OQM Syrup 2 times a day & Amikacin (Product Name : Mikacin) 250 Inj 1cc a day. (4 doses are given) Que. :- 1) why this infection occurs so often? 2) How to prevent this infection? 3) What are the effects on child s health in long term.
Hello, First thing you have to understand root cause of diarrhea that is it spread through infected food and water. So, you have to take care of hygienic food and water for your child. Give RO purified water to your child. In this way you can prevent recurrent infection. Along with that, I will suggest you to do Tidal test for enteric fever which may because after consultation. There is no long term effect on body except typhoid which may act as chronic carrier, so take care. For that, you can take syrup Definite as per weight of baby after pediatrician consultation. So, complete the proper schedule of advised medications to avoid Chat Doctor. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.