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Diarrhea in Infants

Your baby has diarrhea. Does he have any of the following symptoms?

  • a fever (rectal temperature of 100.4 F or more)
  • a belly that seems swollen, hard, or painful when touched
  • blood in the stool
  • rash or jaundice (yellow color in the skin).

Yes, my baby has one or more of those symptoms.

No, my baby does not have any of these serious symptoms.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School
Date Last Reviewed: 6/16/2006
Date Last Modified: 6/8/2006

Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.
 
 
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