Posted by: drmolly in diarrhea, bowel movement on
Sep 01, 2010
Poop, poop, poop. What's normal and what's not? Often, bowel moments can be telling of other things. Here's a question from a reader:
Q: My almost 4 year old has had loose and pale stools for the past 8 months. For about 5 months they were consistently pale and loose, now they are about 50 percent normal colored and 50 percent pale, always loose. One day they just changed. He became severely anemic at one point, so bad that he had trouble
Posted by: drmolly in swimming, pink eye, diarrhea on
Sep 01, 2010
Ah, summer. I especially love the summer because I love swimming. Swimming in either pool or lake water isn't without risk, however. Every summer I see kids in my office who have contracted diarrhea or pink eye from pool or lake water, so it is important to know what the risks are and what you can do to avoid them.
The most significant risk is diarrhea. Because a pool is shared by many people each day, anyone with a mild diarrheal illness who
Posted by: drmolly in diarrhea, bowel movement on
Aug 31, 2010
Loose bowel movements are common. Some people always have them while others only do when they are sick or on medication. Parents get to know their child's bowel pattern from infancy and when there is a significant change they are often the first to know.
Loose bowel movements are different than diarrhea. Diarrhea is loose, but when you have diarrhea you have much more frequent and often larger volume stools. Loose bowel movements for the sake of
There is a wicked bug going around, so I thought it was a good time to answer questions about vomiting, diarrhea, dehydrations and all that good stuff.
Q: My child has vomited five times in the last two hours. What's going on?!
A: Chances are your child has the stomach flu. Stomach flu is a general term for infections (usually viral) that cause a sudden onset of profuse vomiting and sometimes fever usually accompanied by diarrhea within 24
Posted by: drmolly in diarrhea, bowel movement on
Jan 17, 2010
Let's face it, poop is gross. No doubt about that. Yet parents are subjected to changing diapers for years and as a result scrutinize their child's bowel movements and ask a truckload of questions about variations. Some parents understand that seeing corn kernels come out whole in their 2-year-old's poop isn't surprising and that blueberries will seriously change the color of the stool, but all parents worry about loose bowel movements and
I cannot think of anything more fun than showering a vomit covered, sobbing 7-year-old at 2 a.m. while his bedding is being stripped and changed. Of course it would be way more fun if while you were stripping the bed, you start vomiting, too. Bonus!
Ahh, the stomach flu. We all have had it and frankly we'll all have it again and again. Lots of different viruses cause vomiting and diarrhea and most of them are self limited and last only a few
