Hi,
My 2 year old is on iron medicine as he is anemic. He’s been on it for just over a week now 3 times a day. Since yesterday morning he has had terrible diarrhea. 5 runny poos yesterday morning then it stopped until night when he was up every 2 hours and was also vomiting. Carried on until 9am this morning then stopped again. Now he’s has another 2 bouts in the last hour. Is it normal for if to cause so much? He was also on antibiotics last week (started at the same time as the iron). If this is a side effect what can I do? Obviously he can’t go into nursery like this, but he has to been on the medicine for weeks.... will the diarrhoea stop? Why has it taken over a week to start effecting him? I’ll contact the doctors tomorrow, he’s drinking and eating and seems quite happy during the day - just a bit tired. Thanks in advance for any feedback.
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diarrhea when taking sodium feredetate (iron)
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Summerdays2014 · 11/11/2018 19:55
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