Call Your Doctor Within 24 Hours (between 9am and 4pm) If

• You think you need to be seen
• Fever of 101° F (38.3° C) or higher
• Abdominal pain (EXCEPTION: Pain clears with each passage of diarrhea stool)
• Mucus or pus in stool for greater than 2 days
• Small amount of blood in the stool (EXCEPTION: only on toilet paper. Reason: diarrhea can cause rectal irritation with blood on wiping)
• Recent antibiotic treatment
• Have diabetes mellitus or a weakened immune system (e.g., HIV positive, cancer chemotherapy, chronic steroid treatment, splenectomy)
• Travel to a foreign country in the past month
• Receiving tube feedings (e.g., nasogastric, g-tube, j-tube)
• Age greater than 70