Can you give children anything to help with diarrhoea?

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My DTs have it (age 3). DT1 has had for well over a week. They are both eating well but everything is going straight through. They were up a lot of last night.

I am doing the usual.....white rice and white bread for starch, cut down on fruit and fibre....

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Poor you!

Bumping you and presuming you're giving lots of fluids

Eggs (if they will eat them) scrambled?
Bananas?
No sugar or chocolate whatsoever.
No juice.

My health visitor advised me to give ds dioralyte (sp) instead of other fluids. She said it would help "firm" his motions up. Whether this actually does this I'm not sure but ds did stop the runs about a day later, and he had been bad with it!

You get it from the chemist. You've probably already tried this already though.

My health visitor advised me to give ds dioralyte (sp) instead of other fluids. She said it would help "firm" his motions up. Whether this actually does this I'm not sure but ds did stop the runs about a day later, and he had been bad with it!

You get it from the chemist. You've probably already tried this already though.

sorry my mouse is a bit sensitive

rice
apples
chicken
bananas
toast

This is what is recommended here in Spain.. lots of fluids, but no juice or milk. No fatty, sugary or rich foods

It has to come out I'm afraid. The dioralyte will replace the electrolytes that are lost through the diarrhoea. Plenty of fluids, light food (toast).

junior kao-c this is what my pharmasist suggested for ds when he was 3. worked well. also avoid dairy but drink plenty of water.

crackers and toast!

thank you everyone!

Ready break and soymilk - the calium and iron usually stops me up a bit

Low fat would be good as well as no dairy.

Rice very good and also you could try giving them a calcium supplement for full effects.