Question
My child, who is over 1 year old, has been suffering from diarrhea for several days, and the medication hasn’t helped. The child also has a poor appetite and stools are watery, as if they are passing out everything they eat. Although we have given them Simethicone, it hasn’t had any effect.
Answer
Regarding your 1-year-old child’s persistent diarrhea that has not improved after several days, along with a lack of appetite and watery stools, it is possible that the issue is due to a gastrointestinal dysbiosis. It is recommended to administer probiotics to the child orally, which can help improve indigestion, loss of appetite, malnutrition, as well as symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain caused by gastrointestinal flora disorder or antibiotic use.