Question
My child was just discharged from the hospital for pneumonia, and now they’re home and have diarrhea and are throwing up. Is this symptom related to gastrointestinal issues or pneumonia? Urgent!
Answer
Did the child receive antibiotics during their hospital stay for pneumonia? Antibiotics are typically used, and we would check if the antibiotics had any impact on the gastrointestinal tract. Generally, if a child has pneumonia, they might also have a gastrointestinal type of cold due to the common cold. However, in your case, it seems to be a gastrointestinal reaction rather than pneumonia. I feel that your situation should be related to the antibiotics.