My 18-months old son with Diarrhea?

Question

My son is very healthy. He has had diarrhea for almost 2 weeks now..like pure water. I cut out the milk, juice, and fatty foods and nothing has helped. Now he has terrible diaper rash. He hasnt been running a fever and acting different..Anybody know what to do?? I'm thinking about taking him to the dr today.. Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Call his doctor immediately and start the BRAT diet

B--bananas

R--rice cereal

A--apples/applesauce/apple juice

T--toast

Use this for 24 hours. They are all binding agents that should help with the diarrhea. But make sure you call his doctor ASAP.

Answer 2

My son had the same thing not long ago - we were just about to return for overseas and once home it continued for a little while longer.

My sons tho was more like 4 or 5 nappies a day (really relly gross ones). Other than that he was fine too. Keep up his fluid intake so that he doesnt get dehydrated and to be on the safe side go to your family gp. It may be nothing at all but its best to be on the safe side.

Answer 3

Geeze you're only THINKING of taking him to the doctor?  Get your butt off the computer and take him to the ER...2 weeks of diahrea he's probably dehydrating himself.  He should have been seen by a doctor over a week ago.

Answer 4

Id take him to the docs.!! With babys they can get really dehydrated and will need drugs to rehydrate them.

Dont worry but if you cant get a doc appointment go straight to a&e .

Its better to be safe than sorry.

Answer 5

My son had diarrhea for over a month.. I was at ER almost every night for a week he even had a temperature but they refused to give him anything.

If he has a temperature you need to keep it down with medication.

As for the rash because the diarrhea has allot of germs it will burn him straight away so you need to wash him every time he has diarrhea and cream him every time you change him. Put on heaps of cream if he has a rash already go out and by some more if you have too. Cream him even when he doesn't have a rash as long as he is having diarrhea.

They found bacteria in his p**p but said it would go away on it's own as long as he wasn't dehydrated acting normal etc etc.

I got a second third fourth opinion and no one ever gave him anything.

I gave him cordial most of the time. I gave him his formula because MOST of the doctors said it was OK..

He didn't really have a appetite for a long time but i fed him vegetables rice toast. Put water in juice.

Just keep disinfecting everywhere constantly so the germs keep dying. Your son should be fine I've been through this so many times it's not funny

good luck

~MeL~

Answer 6

go to doctors

if a child has diarrhoea for more than two days they have to get medical attantion

even if they tell you to do nothing at least child been examined for possibilities