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I've had 2 bouts of diarrhoea in 2 weeks last being yesterday which was watery with temperature n off food and now today i've had light stools?

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Dr. William Byars answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Maybe all one thing: Following an episode of gastroenteritis, it's not unusual to have a relapse within the following week or so. In these cases it's probably just an indication that the gut was not totally healed from the original episode. A probiotic may be helpful if not already tried.

Answered 4/24/2015

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