Just when she was about to recover from a mild flu, Hannah came down with diarrhoea.
Her pediatrician said the disease was gastroenteritis. Besides diarrhoea, other symptoms include nausea, vomiting and cramping. Well, Hannah had diarrhoea only but it was very acidic and this gave her very bad diaper rashes no matter how quick I detected her soiled diaper each time. Her genital area was inflammed and some rashes were so raw that she refused to let me clean them. She would squirm and yell during every diaper change. Yang had to help hold her still while I clean her up. She could have diarrhoea up to 8 times a day. It was really tiring to clean and cream up an uncooperative baby.
Initially I applied an ordinary diaper rash cream on the diaper rash but I found it to be ineffective. I switched to Desitin Creamy and it helped a bit. The doctor prescribed a Zaricort cream (anti-bacterial and fungal properties) to be applied before putting on the Desitin Creamy. This combination worked. Hannah also had some anti-diarrhoea syrup (has constipative effects) and probiotic pills. We were instructed to leave out veggies and fruits in her diet. Just plain porridge with meats such as fish for the time being. Soy formula milk was recommended too.
It has been almost a week now and her condition has somewhat improved albeit quite slowly. I also fed her yoghurt to help introduce some more friendly bacteria into her gut flora. Hoping that she will recover soon so that she can continue the fun of trying out new foods :)
O dear… hope little Hannah recovers soon!! Sounds like a nasty bout of illness… and mum & dad must have been anxious as well. Hang in there!
Hi hi Lisa,
Thanks! :D Hannah’s bowel movement looked normal today. Hoping that this will be the case for a long time :)
hannah, take care! aunty ann will pray for you =)
btw, you know that zaricort contains steroid right? anything with “cort” contains cortisone which is a kind of steroid hormone… i used to have eczema and my doc prescribed a cream which is also something “cort”… may cause thinning of skin.
Oh no, the pd didn’t inform that it contains a steroid. I better go check it now.. Thanks! :)