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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.
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.
Please complete the dose even if the stooling has
stopped.
stopped.
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.
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.
Kindly take him back to the hospital.
PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT.
Okay, give Oral suspension and Zinc. If stooling persists kindly take the child to the hospital.

Kola Yetunde
Mother
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.
Open the ORS and pour inside 100cl of boiled cool water,make sure you shake very well before giving it to your baby.
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.

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
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
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.
If it persists please see a paediatrician for proper evaluation and management.
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
For infants, always see a paediatrician first before starting first aid
Kindly take your child to the hospital since the vomiting and purging hasn't stopped after the ORS.

Dr. Dara Abiodun
Medical Doctor
You are meant to discard ORS after 24 hours and make a new one
You can give your baby ORS but if it persists kindly take your baby to the hospital.