Child having diarrhoea

[jpclarke]

I am hoping someone will be able to give some advice, my child age 4.5 has had diarrhoea now for 12 days. It started after she was put on an antibiotic for a uti. Which initially I thought it was because of the antibiotic so I stopped giving the antibiotic after a week. But 9 days after stopping the antibiotic the poor child still can't eat without it running out of her. She is drinking plenty. She was referred to a paediatrician last week for the uti as it an ongoing issue and he just said to give a probiotic but the diarrhoea is not getting any better. The poor pet keeps complaining of a sore tummy and it has been waking her at 5.30am and she is not going back to sleep. My gp is on holidays but I am going to take her to another doc tomorrow but has anyone any experience of this?

I had hoped with the thousands of people who use Mumsnet that someone would of had a reply for me.

Had she had the probiotics?
Antibiotics can damage the internal flora of the digestive system, hence the recommendation for those.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/diarrhoea-and-vomiting/

Is your daughter hydrated enough? Maybe get some Dioralyte for children today.

Avoid sugary foods, lots of high fibre foods if you can. Also have a look at BRAT - bananas, rice, apple (I have apple sauce) and toast. Common recommendation for a dicky tummy.

But you're seeing the GP today, so they'll come up with proper advice.

Thank you for the reply. I hope there is a proper explanation for all this.