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Baby passing stools 3 to 4 times

2017-07-17 07:42:53
Hello Doctor, My nine-month-old baby boy passes stools 3 to 4 times in a day. Stools are yellowish green in colour, and his paediatrician recommended for a stool routine test which showed RBC 2 - 6 and WBC 1 - 2 and no OVA. He prescribed probiotic Ecobion BC for three days. We checked his stool after three days, and the results show as WBC 2 - 4 a
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Hi. If baby is otherwise fine, and motions are not loose watery , DON'T WORRY. This is toddler diarrhea. Occurs because baby dies not chew food properly. And WBC of  2-3 is not worrisome.

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