After two weeks of green diarrhea, and a little bit of throwing up and fever...I took my 2 year old to the doctor last Friday. He said it was rotovirus and should be going away soon. He said no treatment other than keeping her hydrated. We haven't given her any milk, and have been giving her Gatorade like the doctor said. Now her bowel movements are light green/yellow and very very watery. When will this be over, what else can we do?
2007-03-05 05:51:54 · 4 answers · asked by mommyem 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Go to RotavirusInfo.com. That's the place that can answer all of your questions. You should really be giving your child Pedialyte instead of Gatorade. Check out these sites, they should help you out.
2007-03-05 05:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by Jamie B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try having your daughter eat these foods:
bananas
plain white rice
applesauce
cream of wheat or farina cereal
toasted white bread or plain crackers (No butter)
plain macaroni or noodles
boiled eggs
oatmeal
mashed potatoes
yogurt (This is a dairy product, but it's partially "digested" by the bacteria used to make it)
DO NOT feed her the following:
dairy products (milk or cheeses)
greasy or fried food
fatty foods including butter, margarine, oils, or nuts
spicy foods
foods high in "insoluble" fiber. This includes raw fruits or vegetables, whole wheat bread, corn, or any fruit or vegetable skins or seeds
You might want to consider giving her either Kaopectate (attapulgite) or Imodium AD (loperamide) if the diarrhea gets worse, lingers, or her bottom starts becoming very red and/or starts to bleed.
These things should start "hardening" her stools slowly. I would think that you have a few more days of this, but one can only guess how long viruses will linger. My son got sick with a virus right before Halloween and did not get better until after Thanksgiving.
2007-03-05 15:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mum to 3 cute kids 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son had it for a week. Both my wife and I work and we both had to take turns staying home with him for the full week. It is going around. Yeah, it is tough.
My daughter had it real bad about 2 years ago when she was just about 2 years old. She was both throwing up and had diarrhea. She couldn't hold fluids or anything else down. We were worried about dehydration and watching for signs of it. Once she started to become less active, we took her in and they hooked her up to an IV for 3 hours to hydrate her. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done helping to hold her down while they hooked the IV into her arm and then having to lay in the bed with her and hold her for 3 hours so that she didn't pull the needle out.
2007-03-05 15:13:02 · answer #3 · answered by BAM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang in there. i had rotovirus for 4 weeks last fall it was awful. Just keep her hydrated esp when she is vomitting.
2007-03-05 13:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋