Question
Hello doctor, last weekend, I took my son out to play and gave him a lot of ice cream. After we came back, he started having diarrhea and his stools were white. What could be the cause of this?
Answer
Hello! Pediatric diarrhea is a disease caused by various pathogens and causes. Most patients are babies under 2 years old, with a particularly high incidence among infants aged 6 to 11 months. The peak of diarrhea occurs mainly from June to September and from October to the following January. Summer diarrhea is usually caused by bacterial infections, often with mucus in the stools and a foul smell; autumn diarrhea is often caused by rotavirus, with watery or loose stools, but without a foul smell. The incidence of diarrhea is only second to acute respiratory infections. If it is not treated promptly and effectively, the mortality rate can be very high. An important cause of death is dehydration and electrolyte imbalance due to diarrhea.