Question
My baby is 2 weeks and 8 days old, and has been in good health until now. This time, the baby’s condition is as follows: 1. The baby started vomiting on Friday noon and had a fever of about 38.5 that night. On Saturday, after being examined at Xiamen First Hospital, it was diagnosed as gastritis, and the condition improved after intravenous drip treatment. On Sunday, the recheck showed everything was fine, and the doctor prescribed ceftriaxone and Mamila. 2. Yesterday afternoon at 3 pm, the baby said they had stomach pain, went to the hospital for a follow-up visit, was prescribed Guaifenesin, checked for stool and it was fine, was given some medicine, came back and still had stomach pain, soon vomited, had a bowel movement, and then felt better. 3. The baby also got up to have two bowel movements at night, and in the morning still had stomach pain. Now when peeing, there is a little bit of runny stool. I want to ask if these symptoms are all related to the intestines?
Answer
Considering the symptoms described above are indicative of acute intestinal gastritis, improvement in symptoms usually occurs quickly after dietary adjustments and medication use. The use of Guaifenesin suggests that medication was administered too quickly, but these are not serious issues. The current stool condition does not require further treatment; you can stop the antibiotic as most cases will recover on their own.