Diarrhoea in toddler - rotavirus, giardia, something else?

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DD (16 mos) has been having massive poos for the past five days. She’s under the allergy clinic and we are reintroducing egg so I thought it might be giving her a dodgy tummy. Nursery said her poos were quite wet. She’s also been up at night screaming with tummy pain and pulling her knees up. (This happened before when she had scrambled eggs as a small baby).

Past three days she’s had enormous pale yellow diarrhoea, once or twice a day, fills the whole nappy. She’s off her food but does BF. I thought it was a delayed reaction to the egg ladder but today DS (5) had diarrhoea as well so i reckon it’s something else, now going on six days.

tonight DD had the most foul smelling diarrhoea like rotten eggs, google is telling me this might be rotavirus or giardia, in which case she’d need antibiotics. Have you any experience with this? She’s had no fever or vomiting. It’s always a nightmare getting our GP on the line so wanted to ask here before I try ringing tomorrow. She’s got no signs of severe dehydration thankfully.

Bump?

Any spots? We've just had hand foot and mouth and his nappies were pale and stinking, wet and voluminous for a week. Not many spots but they were round his nappy and a few on hands and feet, looked a bit like chicken pox spots. We are doing the milk ladder so I'm used to checking if what he's eaten affects nappies and pain and it wasn't that. Ring 111 for advice.

No spots, no fever, no vomiting, just the diarrhoeA. I check nappies too, no blood or mucous, just massive liquid poos, like a melted milkshake that’s been thinned further with water.

Sounds manageable, and normal for a tummy bug. Ring in to 111 and they would direct you a GP if they think necessary and make you the appointment on the phone.

Thank you, we’ve had loads of bugs since starting nursery but never lasting this long or this foul smelling, will try ringing the GP when they open.

Just ring 111 and they'll work out if you need a GP, I've always managed tummy bugs at home, unless they can't drink and nappies are dry of wee, nearly always a virus. What makes you think its giardiasis? Have you had a farm visit recently or contact with animals or something https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/giardiasis/

You’ll need to send a stool sample so no point calling 111, just phone the GP.

Although I will say DS had poos exactly like this (literally like someone had poured a pint of korma sauce in his nappy) for over 6 months and it was eventually put down to toddler diarrhoea because we couldn’t find an obvious cause.

Giardia is the worst smelling thing ever. It doesn't smell a little foul or will clear out your house.

The thing with it though is it spreads easily around kids so if it's that other kids at nursery likely do.

Do you have other kids as well?