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My baby of 10 weeks has been stooling since yesterday night although it stopped this morning but started again. Can I give her ORS...
Kindly note that it is unusual for babies on ebf to have diarrhoea. If the stool sinks completely into diaper then it's diarrhoea.
You can give your baby ORS but if it persists kindly take your baby to the hospital.
How can i administer ORS and
how long does it last
before disposing?
Open the ORS and pour inside 100cl
of boiled cool water,
make sure you
shake very well before giving it to
your baby.
Some babies do not like to take ORS
due to the taste.
I was given ORS and ZINC for my son dat
was stooling, and the stooling has stopped should i still
continue with the zinc tab...
Please complete the dose even if the stooling has
stopped.
My baby of 2year's Six months old have been pooping for three days now. I gave him Flagyl with ORS. But not Stopped. The poo is wa...
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Flagyl is a form of antibiotics which is meant to be used only on prescription by a Doctor. There is nothing like Jedi Jedi in medicine so please stop all self-medication.
My baby has been stooling since Sunday afternoon. I couldn't get ORS around so I used Garri water and Sprite(added a pinch of salt...
Your child is dehydrated.This is one of the times not to ask the Paediatrician.
Kindly take him back to the hospital.
PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT.
My baby had been stooling for three days now. Pls, I have been given oral suspension but it is not helping
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Okay, give Oral suspension and Zinc. If stooling persists kindly take the child to the hospital.
My baby of 6months + has been defeating since yesterday up till now what drugs should I give him and I have given him ORS
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Your child is probably having diarrhoea. Kindly give ORS
Place what can one give a three year old child who has diarrhoea and refused to take ORS?No matter how u pet him to take the ORS, he refused to drink it. Maybe he doesn't like the taste. What can be given the child?
If he's refusing ORS... Try other home-based fluids like coconut water, rice water even garri water. If not tolerating any of the fluids you have to take him to the hospital for intravenous Rehydration.
Can I pour ORS to ordinary bottled water or I should boil it
Open the ORS and pour inside 100cl of boiled cool water,make sure you shake very well before giving it to your baby.
When they say boil and cool water to use for ORS, does it mean the water will cool to ordinary water or lukewarm?
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Hello ma'am, it is recommended that you use boiled and cool water.
My twin babies are styling and its much and Taye is tuning serious temperature all night they are just 4 months old pls .we are ad...
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Meanwhile, continue to give ORS to replace the fluids. If the temperature is above 37.5, you can tepid sponge. While you head to the hospital.
My 9 months old baby poo (watery mucus, yellow, green and brown) 7 times three days ago and I gave him ORS, the next day it reduce...I am on antifungal drugs because I have nail infection and I still breastfeed him. Please I don't know if his poo is normal
Dr. Dara Abiodun

Medical Doctor

The poo is not normal.
Stools with traces of blood should not be taken lightly. Kindly take the child to the hospital immediately. Preferably a Children's Emergency Room.Please, treat as urgent
My baby of two months plus poo is having mucus and is on EBF what can be the cause and apart from giving her Ors what other things...
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On the mucus in stool... Yellowish stools with Semi-formed solids like melon are normal for exclusively breastfed babies.
If it persists please see a paediatrician for proper evaluation and management.
I have a 10 weeks old daughter, she recently passed watery. I gave her a zinc sulphate pill and gave an oral rehydration solution....Yesterday she passed another stool but it wasn't watery like the one she passed on last week. I still continued on ORS and gave he...
Please stop the ORS and oral zinc....it is not for newborns or 2 months old!!!
For infants, always see a paediatrician first before starting first aid
My baby of 4 years is purging and vomiting since yesterday I gave him ORS it hasn't stop ped. What else should I do?
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Kindly take your child to the hospital since the vomiting and purging hasn't stopped after the ORS.
How long can I keep Oral rehydration therapy (ORS), before making a new one?
Dr. Dara Abiodun

Medical Doctor

You are meant to discard ORS after 24 hours and make a new one
My baby of two years is stooling ,we treated this issue early July which I took her to the hospital , now she started stooling aga...