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Lumps in any other part of the body, severe pallor or bleeding symptoms should prompt parents or primary health care workers to refer the child to a specialist for further testing.
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Lemon juice: A glass of lemon juice can do wonders for your child when he is suffering from diarrhoea, it can ease the symptoms by countering bacterial infections and neutralising the acids in his stomach.
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Sugar-salt solution: Frequent stools will cause dehydration and to help your kid recover from it, you can give him a home-made sugar-salt solution. You can prepare this solution by adding eight teaspoons of sugar and one teaspoon of salt in water. This solution works best to keep dehydration at bay during diarrhoea.
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Ginger juice: Ginger carries antibacterial properties which helps to heal internal infections. This is why ginger juice is a potent home remedy against diarrhoea in children. Grate half stalk of ginger and add half litre of water, allowing it to boil. Then drain the water and let it cool, give few sips of this water to your child on regular intervals. If he doesn’t like the taste, you can add honey drops to make it taste better.
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Boiled potatoes: When you kid suffers from diarrhoea, you may look after his fluid intake, but you should not miss out on providing him with nutrition as well. During diarrhoea, his appetite will take a hit and feeding him boiled potatoes will be easy on his stomach and help him stay full. Also, the starch in potatoes will help him tackle diarrhoea.
