prolonged diarrhoea with no other symptoms

[Tici]

Just wanted to ask for a bit of advice ..

My 2 year old has had mushy, runny poos for almost a week now. She's doing about 2 a day. They REALLY are foul smelling.

Other than this she seems fine - playing, normal eating, usual 2 yr old antics, no lethargy at all .

We are keeping up fluids - water + she is still BF'ing regularly. She's not vaxxed at all.

Ive read not to give any raw fruit and veg while diarrhoea is occurring but don't know if that's BS ?
I have been. as that's a huge part of her diet.

Google just makes you more worried and I'm not THAT worried enough to take her to the doc's... but should I be ?


I read about magical's concoction in another thread .. I might give that a whirl in the morning.

Anyone experienced this at all ? I know there is probably many, many possibilities of what it could be.

[bbrandonsmom]

Hi, was the concoction the BRAT diet? That's Bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. Raspberry jam on the toast is good, and possibly honey? And probiotics.
I know that smell (I'm sure most of us do) and it's rather yucky-makes me want to throw up. My boys had an awful bought of that and I figured it was Roto, but never took them to get tested, so I don't know for certain. The one who was still breastfeeding recovered quicker-he was about 16m old. I think it took a few weeks to get everything back to order. If it had gone on longer, or they had been acting sick, I would have taken them to the dr?

[TanyaL]

Some people feel that raw fruits and vegetables are more difficult to digest, would that be the reason to avoid them now? My family's digestion isn't great and I think we do better on cooked veggies--we eat some fruit, and that's mostly raw, but less than we used to, as a compromise.

If it's really foul, maybe it's rotavirus, and that just seems to take a while to get over. For digestive upsets, homemade stock and probiotic foods are helpful for us.

For my kids, I'd look for a natural progression in getting past the illness. Timeframe's hard to judge, and if I suspected rota, I'd probably give it more time than I otherwise would, and just do normal supportive stuff.

[Tici]

bbrandonsmom - the concotion is the apple cider vinegar, vit c and bi carb. Haven't tried it as yet.

That's the thing that's stumped me a bit with this , her intake of food hasn't changed at all ? you would think it would if you had diarrhoea.

She has just exuded a thunderous one now (OMG - the smell ! :dork:)

Thanks TanyaL and bbm. I'll try everything over the next couple of days and I'm sure (as H would say ) her little system will do the rest !

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

I'd be doing a brat diet I think, and also putting in probiotics.

[Tici]

Thanks, Hilary. I will do that. Makes most sense.


Have been reading ...It may be rotavirus.

[gilima]

I personally, besides the probiotics and simple diet like to use green healing clay for tummy bugs.
Adding a little to applesauce is supposed to be good for diarrhea as it binds with the pectin.