Diarrhea

When to Call Your Doctor - Call Your Doctor Within 24 Hours

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

  • You think your child needs to be seen
  • Mucus or pus in the stool present for over 2 days
  • Loss of bowel control in a toilet trained child occurs 3 or more times
  • Fever present for more than 3 days
  • Close contact with person and animal who has bacterial diarrhea
  • Contact with reptile (snake, lizard, turtle) in previous 14 days
  • Travel to country at risk for bacterial diarrhea within past month

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