Name: Anupama B
Date: 2007-06-06
My son is 13.5 months old,7.8kgs(2.4 kg is birth wt) Since past 3 weeks , he has been passing frequent but formed stools. ( 5-6 times/day , sometimes upto 7 times/day). Initially, doc adivised to give nutrolin-B syrup for 5 days. Condition did not improve. Later, doc changed the medicine and gv STIBS granules for 5 more days. When STIBS was given, frequency of stools were still 5-6 times/day. We went for a second opinion. This doc changed my son' s diet and suggested Folivite (1 per day. I do not remember the mg. but i think its less).He is active like always despite all this. His earlier diet included:
-Milk ( Pasteurised) - 140 ml at 8 am
-Breakfast(Dosa/chapathi/idli) - 9-10am
-Ragi porridge - 140 ml .. at 11am-12 pm
-Lunch (Rice,dal,2 kinds of boiled/mashed veggies/curds)-- total upto 5-6 ounces at 2 pm
-Juice(apple/orange/mosambi ) or banana -- at 5-6 pm
-Milk-120 or 140 ml at 7pm
-dinner-(same as lunch but with diferent veggies)
-Milk at bed time - 120 or 140 ml.

Now, with the new doc' s suggestion, the diet is changed as follows:

-Milk (diluted with water) As and when the frequency of stools reduced, he suggested to decrease the water content in milk.
-Saemiya(cooked in water with salt or sugar).
-Rawa porridge or rawa idli
-Thin layer of chapathi soaked in milk
-Bun/rusk/biscuit
-Only potato and cooked apple to be given. No other veggies or fruits.
Doc asked to continue with this diet & folvite for 10 days.Also asked us to take care while bathing my son. No water should go inside his mouth/ears.We are following doc' s instructions. Its been 2 days now and my son has had 2 doses of folvite. Yesterday , he passed stools for 2 times only. But today again he passed 3 times since morning. He had milk and chapathi only since morning. Pl. suggest what could be done to improve his condition. We got stool routine and culture test done. Reports were normal. We are worried as to why he is passing stools so many times even with reduced diet.pl help.

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