Treat the child's dehydration before referral unless the child has another severe classification. Treatment of dehydration in children with severe disease can be difficult. These children should be treated in a hospital.
PERSISTENT DIARRHOEA A child who has had diarrhoea for 14 days or more and who has no signs of dehydration is classified as having PERSISTENT DIARRHOEA.
Treatment Special feeding is the most important treatment for persistent diarrhoea. Feeding recommendations for persistent diarrhoea
are explained in the module Counsel The Mother. Children with persistent diarrhoea are also given single dose of vitamin A and a daily dose of zinc sulphate for 14 days.
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