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Stool me khoon/mucus ho, saath me bukhar ya pet me mरोड़ ho
- Isse dysentery, khas kar Shigella, ka shak hota hai. Isme evaluation aur appropriate antibiotic lag sakti hai. WHO IMCI me bloody diarrhea ke liye Shigella-effective antibiotic recommend hai. WHO IMCI guidance
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Suspected cholera
- Bahut zyada “rice-water” watery stool, severe dehydration, ya cholera outbreak/travel exposure. ORS/IV fluid sabse pehle hota hai; antibiotic selected cases me illness aur stool loss kam karne ke liye di jati hai.
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Typhoid ya systemic bacterial infection ka shak
- High/persistent fever, toxic/sick-looking child, blood culture ya clinical assessment ke basis par.
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Severe/prolonged traveler’s diarrhea
- High-risk area se travel ke baad severe ya persistent diarrhea me doctor antibiotic consider kar sakte hain.
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Specific diagnosed infection
- Stool test ya clinical picture se amoebiasis, giardiasis, C. difficile, etc. confirm/suspect ho to organism-specific dawa di jati hai. Har persistent diarrhea me antibiotic nahi hoti.
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High-risk child
- Severe malnutrition, immunodeficiency, very young infant, ya serious underlying illness me pediatrician ka assessment jaldi hona chahiye.
Antibiotic usually nahi chahiye: simple watery diarrhea, halka fever, vomiting ke saath viral gastroenteritis, aur 1-3 din ka uncomplicated loose motion. WHO ke mutabik antimicrobials ko bloody diarrhea aur severe cholera jaise selected cases tak hi simit rakhna chahiye.
WHO diarrhea manual
Agar bachcha sust ho, pee na raha ho, urine kam ho, baar-baar vomit ho, severe dehydration ho, ya stool me khoon ho, same day doctor ko dikhayein.