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[|Human|] my son is 18 months old he has been having bowel movements 4 to 6 times a day the past week and has developed a rash and is now bleeding because he poops so much its not getting a chance to heal and i keep putting a&d ointment on it. im thinking maybe not give him as many fluids and not feeding him as often and give more things like cheeze and things like that to maybe slow his bowels down but im not sure can u help me
[|AI|]  Hi...it seems your kid is having viral diarrhea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kids having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. There is no need to use antibiotics unless there is blood in the motion. Antibiotics might worsen if unnecessarily used causing antibiotic associated diarrhea. I suggest you use zinc supplements (Z&D Chat Doctor.