Question
My son has had diarrhea for three days. I had a doctor give him a muscle injection, and he also took sulfonamide anti-inflammatory medicine. The next day, he improved slightly and didn’t have diarrhea as much, so I didn’t give him the muscle injection again, just the medicine. But he started having diarrhea again in the morning on the third day. For these few days, I’ve continued to give him the muscle injection, and he only eats one packet of sulfonamide medicine a day. He has diarrhea several times a day, sometimes loose. It’s almost been four days now. How should I treat him? Previous treatment and effectiveness: He received two days of muscle injections and took one packet of sulfonamide anti-inflammatory medicine each day, sometimes with diarrhea and sometimes not.
Answer
Your son’s condition is loose stools, which requires focused treatment. You can give him some probiotics or montmorillonite powder, and also some porridge made with Chinese yam, which has aJianpi San (tonifying the spleen) effect and can also help treat diarrhea.