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question:Hi my 4yr old has been sick with chills,fever,puking,for 5 days.He has been drinking plenty liquids,always asking for water.Today his fever is gone but still puking up clear liquid with mucus like stuff in it.In between puking he asks for water,eyes look like they are strained from so much vomiting.Lips were chapped but are healing up.I have gave him advil for fever and he seems better for a few hours,then falls a sleep and wakes up vomiting?I m just trying to figure out if this is something i need to get him seen for or is this a stomach flu?thanks
answer:hi, welcome to this forum.Can understand your concerns.Repeated episodes of vomiting for 5 days along with fever can occur in food poisoning, acute gastroentritis, upset stomach. In food poisoning, there is simultaneous appearance of fever and vomiting. After sometime, the child may develop loose stools.In acute gastroenteritis both loose tools and vomiting are present. Fever usually accompanies both of them.In my opinion, your child needs antibiotic like ofloxacin for a period of 3 days. Child should also be given antiemetic drug like ondansetron.However, since these are prescription medicines, and dosage depends on weight of child. Therefore, a visit to a doctor should be done for starting antibiotics.Child should be given adequate liquid diet, so that the dehydration does not occur.I hope this will help you. Wishing your child good health. Take care.
question:hello , my daughter is 21months old and she had a bilateral inguinal hernia repaired when she was 11months.hernia come back both side after the repair then she had second time operation doctors found pea sized lump on her both side and they did a biopsy and also they checked her viginal lenth which is normal . Now i wonder my daughter is born with CAIS ,can somebody clarify for me please
answer:hi, Welcome to this forum.Can understand your concerns.Repeated inguinal hernia can occur in a childin cases of postoperative complications, concomitant diseases like to Tuberculosis, premature birth. sinc, your child has already been operated earlier, we have to keep the possibility of postoperative complications as the first possibility.There are some diseases like tuberculosis,which is present can result in delayed healing of the hernia. This can also lead to repeated inguinal hernia.It is also seen that repeated in one hernia is more common in premature babies.I hope this will help you.Take care.Regards Dr Deepak Patel
question:Hello, I have a question regarding my 3 year old son. About a month ago he was complaining that the right side of his abdomen was hurting a lot. We took him in for testing where they did blood, urine and xray and said he has pneumonia in the right lung towards the bottom which would explain the abdominal pain. However he was not coughing, no fever and even his pediatrician listened with a stethoscope the next day and said he sounds fine. I insisted on another xray which she did and then she appologized that she was wrong, and yes he has pneumonia. So he took amoxicyllin for 10 days, 6g twice daily. 3 weeks later we scheduled a follow up xray since she says that it takes a while to clear up. We did the xray and there was no change whatsoever. So now she says its probably not pneumonia and need to see a pediatric pulmonologist. The pulmonologist looked at all the xrays and says no pneumonia. He recommended a CT scan, whcich we did. Now he says good news, the CT is good, no cancer or anything however the right outer lung has thickened tissue. He says this could be due to a old infection and in any case he is fine. Now my question is is this thickening dangerous, will it pass and is this ok for a three year old. Also, what type of infection could have gone unnoticed by me earlier. I like this doctor, but I am a mom who is very worried about my son. Thank you
answer:hi, Welcome to this forum.Can understand your concerns.It is good that your child does not have pneumonia or any other things, the child only has pleural ticketing.There are many causes of pleural thickening like bacterial pneumonia, injury to the drapes, pleural effusion, tuberculosis, Radiation therapy, pulmonary embolism.However, since you have already done CT scan and x-ray chest the chances of injury to chest,bacterial pneumonia, pleural effusion are less.There are some diseases like tuberclosis which have a higher chance of pleural technique, the child should be investigated for tuberculosis.I hope this will help you.Take care.Regards Dr Deepak Patel
question:My 4 year old daughter developed red spots on her knee, chest & underarm 2 weeks ago, gp advised Fucidin Cream, over a week later it was not working and started to spread, now I am using Daktacourt but it is still spreading to the other side of her body and small spots are starting to appear around her eyes, what could this be, should I be concerned?
answer:hi, new line welcome to this forum.Can understand your concerns.Rush Hour body for about 2 weeks could be due to bacterial infection, fungal infection, Eczema, Rash due to low platelet count.Since you have already given fusidic acid cream, if its a bacterial infection it should have corrected.The chances of fungal infection and Eczema cannot be ruled out without examining the patient.The Rash due to low platelet count can occur in some devices like idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, so it is very necessary to do platelet count in child and look for any low platelets.In my opinion, you should immediately do a platelet count and an examination by Dermatologist is a must.I hope this will help you. Take care.Regards Dr. Deepak Patel
question:my daughter was 7th month premetured baby she was born in Nov 1999. she is very lean. Her height is not 132 cms only. can she consume speed height grow capsules. She is not metured yet. she is having gastic problem. She does not take more food. Her growth is not upto mark. very slow growth. does she has any health problem. She is very active and memory power is also good. she is good in creativity. kindly tell her problem Dr. If she can take speed height tablet whre it is available in Bangalore.
answer:hi, welcome to this forum.Can understand your concerns.Speed height capsules is an Ayurvedic preparation Made in India.the contents of capsule is herbal.The company claims that it has no side effects and it helps in gaining height.However they have also mentioned that it should be taken after the age of 12 years. So, it is not recommended in your child to start this speed height capsules.If you want any more information, then you must consult a Ayurvedic doctor.I hope this will help you.Take care.Regards Dr Deepak Patel
question:My five month old daughter has a lot of little black specks in her stool. She is a mix of formula and breast fed. She has begun eating a little banana, but I don t think it s enough to account for all the black spots. She has perhaps a teaspoon or two of a little mashed up banana, yet her diaper this morning had probably 100 black spots.
answer:hi, Welcome to this forum.Can understand your concerns.Black coloured specs in stool of 5 month old baby is a matter of concern and most likely it suggests infection of intestine,probably Salmonella or shigella infection, we have to also look for any bleeding due to low platelet count.Eating of small amount of banana does not lead to black coloured specs in stools. If there is bleeding in stools, there is also Rash on the body, so you should also look and check the body of child for any Rash.In my opinion, a stool routine microscopic test should be done to look for the cause of this. An examination by a pediatrician is a must so that we do not miss any important finding.I hope this will help you.Take care.Regards Dr Deepak Patel