Aibu in thinking ds should have gotten antiobiotics

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Just wanted to see what ever one else thinks..
2 weeks ago ds3 who is 5 got some sort of a tummy bug/virus thing. High temperatures , vomiting and diarrhea. He was quiet unwell with it which is unlike him as he is never sick. I took him the doctor who said he was very unwell and gave me anti nausea tablets and said to bring him back in the morning if he didn't improve . He had a good night and his temp stayed down so I was like brilliant. Done and dusted. Except it wasn't after about three days he started getting sick most days again and has explosive very (tmi) oddly coloured( almost white) diarrhea which doctor google informs me is a sign of bacterial infection. He is lethargic and eating nothing so I took him back to doctor yesterday who didn't really say much and said to stop all medication (Callie etc for tummy pain) and to bring him back in a couple of days .. I mentioned the pop and he agreed it could be a sign but would have to send poo away on Monday next to see if that was the case before he'd prescribe them. He's had another shocking night and now I'm going to have to wait unti at Least Wednesday of next week when his results are back before he will get any help. These two visits were his second and third visits to the doctor in his life and he has never had antibiotics. Aibu in thinking that there would have not been a lot of harm in prescribing antibiotics even it turns out not to be bacterial.. maybe iabu but he's exhausted and white and it doesn't appear to be going away on its own.

@donquixotedelamancha yakult wouldn’t help but it also probably wouldn’t do any harm either. It doesn’t really do anything, except have a placebo effect

Buffalo. When you first start yakult it can cause diarrhoea.

@donquixotedelamancha please see my previous post to yours, no independent studies have found the microbes in yakult to reach the gut or populate once they get there. It’s just yogurt. Any symptoms from drinking it are placebo or just regular lactose intolerance.

How can you have a placebo effect? Either it helps your guts or it doesn't you cant think healthy gut and get it I know I've tried

I was just trying to help OP instead of criticising her for expecting the dr to treat her 5 year old I mean talk about cancel the cheque here how many times must we listen to the antibiotic resistance speech in one thread

@slipperywhensparticus people reporting feeling better from consuming yakult when there’s no evidence it does anything is a placebo effect

Oftenhangry...why??

GP here.
YABU. its actually AGAINST guidelines to give ABs for diarrhoea in usual circumstances.
Stool sample should only be taken after 7 days. See below for guidelines. I reiterate the above - its really important people understand AB only 'work' for bacterial infections. Its not a case of 'being genuinely ill' as you can be just as ill with viral infections, its just AB don't work and so supportive treatment!

cks.nice.org.uk/gastroenteritis#!scenario:1

@memorial white poo can also be a sign of liver problem. And when I had an issue, I was also throwing up and had a diarrhea. I was exhausted and run a fever.
Liver can be put under strain by many things even flu can affect it, but usually not much.

Sorry you missed my sarcasm there. White poo "can" be a sign of malabsorption but this is usually a sign if pancreatic disease not liver disease. Though I am sure your Google search and anecdote trumps a proper medical degree

They should have gotten a stool sample to rule out a bug that requires antibiotics, but I don't think they should have started them necessarily.

@memorial it's not a google search it's something i was told when I was on a special diet due to my liver... It has been a LONG time though and in a different country, so I might have gotten it confused, but for some reason that's how it stuck in my memory.🤷‍♀️ Pale poo - go back to gp and get the enzymes check (blood test).

I still have them done every few years just in case.

YABU.

When you or your DS can't have a much needed operation - say a hip replacement - because of widespread bacterial resistance, then what will you do?

We all have a responsibility to self-care, and should not rely on ABs for minor infections. ABs won't help your DS throw off a "tummy bug" more quickly. Fluids and rest are what is needed.