Hi

my son (11 weeks old) has been suffering from severe diareahha for 10 days now with no signs of a let up. He has gone from 1 solid (as expected) stool a day to 8 runny poos (or one for every feed). His temperature seams to vary from normal to around 37.5 tops - but never for any real length of time. He has had a stool test for bacterial/viral infection and it came back negative. It was then suggested it could be a milk intollerence, so we switched to soya which made no difference. He is still feeding pretty well 900 - 1000ml a day so hydration will hopefully not be a problem, but he is noticably fussier when feeding and also in his all round mood, crying a bit more and sleeping a bit more during the day.

With all the test performed i'm not sure who to turn to now for help. I was wondering if anyboby knowns whether stool tests are an accurate test for virus' and infections - do they sometimes/quite often miss something for whatever reason? I ask this because he does have all the symptoms of an infection - how long can it take an 11 week old to shake of a bug as 10 days seems a long time to me. Also, if anyboby else has any other knowledge or similiar experiences please let me know. I'm a first time father and very worried so I apologise if this appears trivial.
Thanks for your time
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