Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If
- Your child looks or acts very sick
- Signs of dehydration (e.g., no urine over 8 hours, no tears with crying and very dry mouth)
- Blood in the stool
- Fever above 105° F (40.6° C)
- Age under 12 weeks with fever above 100.4° F (38.0° C) rectally (Caution: Do NOT give your baby any fever medicine before being seen.)
- Abdominal pain present over 2 hours
- Vomiting clear liquids 3 or more times
- Age under 1 month with 3 or more diarrhea stools (mucus, bad odor, increased looseness)
- Passed more than 8 diarrhea stools in the last 8 hours
- Severe diarrhea while taking a medicine that could cause diarrhea (e.g., antibiotics)
