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Loose stools is it due to teething?
My son is teething now he is 9 months old, he is doing frequent loose stools , is it due to teething ?
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Because of teething, babies tend to bite the objects or keep everything in their mouth, due to this mostly microorganisms enter their body, and the symptoms in babies manifest as per the the type of organisms entered...and most of us correlate it with teething.
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Yes.. it's not perse because of teething...
As the gums gets itching during teething... The baby keep the things in the mouth,that make the baby to get infected and they get loose stools.
Nothing major to worry.
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if loose stools are more than 10 times a day and urine is less consult doctor
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