Hello! Child 4 and a half years, weight 18 kg, height 118 cm. In the morning, watery stools, almost every half an hour. How and how much you can drink furazolidone?
Good evening!
First of all, what is especially important for children, it is necessary to know the exact cause of diarrhea. It can be caused by the diet, and stress, and yes, bacterial agents. Which are also varied and are treated accordingly, in different ways.
Furazolidone is used to treat dysentery, giardiasis, food poisoning, paratyphoid fever, typhoid fever, and for the destruction of some other microorganisms that are susceptible to the drug.
Babies drug administered at a dose rate of 10 mg per kg body weight. Ie 180 mg - a daily dose for your child. Dose divided by 3-4 hours. 1 tablet - 50 mg.
The drug is taken not more than 10 days. How many days in your case - hard to say, since the cause of diarrhea is not clear. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to primary care pediatrician, who will appoint the necessary tests and adjust treatment. You may need to consult an infectious disease specialist.
Recover!
