Question
A one-and-a-half-year-old child has been suffering from diarrhea for seventeen days since returning to Wuhan, and there has been no improvement after taking the medicine ‘Jin Shuangxi’ for a week. The stool and blood are normal. What should I do?
Answer
If the baby only has an increase in the frequency of diarrhea without other symptoms, good appetite, no vomiting, and no impact on growth and development, it is not caused by disease and is considered a physiological diarrhea. There is no need for medication treatment for such a baby; generally, changing the baby’s diet to milk or other dairy products can be effective. You can also shorten the duration of each feeding, allowing the baby to consume only the first half of the milk, which contains more protein and less fat, to improve the situation.