<s>[INST] hi, my child is 19 months and is having cough. now she has has developed loos motions. when ever she is coughing she tend to wet her pajamas with very small wattery loos motion. out doctor advised sporlac powder. can we give he some other medicin for stopping loose motion [/INST] Hi... It seems your kid is having viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 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.  </s>