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Childhood Diarrhoea: The 2025 Pharmacy First Aid Protocol with ENTEROSGEL®

Scenario: A parent arrives at your community pharmacy, anxious about their 2-year-old child who has passedthree watery stools in the last 12 hours and has a mild fever. The child is at home; the parent needs immediate, practical advice.They ask:

⚛︎ “What can I give right now to help my child?” ⚛︎ “Do I just wait it out?”

This is where pharmacy first aid matters. Rapid Pharmacist Assessment (Quick Questions)

⚛︎ Duration: When did diarrhoea start?

⚛︎ Frequency: How many stools in the last 12–24 hours?

⚛︎ Vomiting? If yes, how frequent/severe?

⚛︎ Hydration signs: wet nappies, thirst, drowsiness, sunken eyes, dry mouth.

⚛︎ Fever: what temperature?

⚛︎ Blood/mucus in stool?

This takes under 60 seconds, then you move straight to treatment advice.

Pharmacy First Aid Advice: ENTEROSGEL® + Fluids

Step 1 – Start ENTEROSGEL® Immediately

⚛︎ Safe, drug-free, tasteless — suitable for all ages, including toddlers, and safe even with fever.

⚛︎ Dosage for 2-year-old: Double dose now (mixed in water, ORS, or even a fizzy drink if needed).Can also be given off the spoon and washed down with water.Continue after each stool: minimum 3 doses, maximum 6 doses on day 1. Then continue for 3–5 days to fully cleanse the gut and remove harmful substances.

Why? ENTEROSGEL® binds and removes bacterial toxins, inflammatory molecules, histamine, bile acids and other harmful mediators, that drive diarrhoea — helping stop it faster and reducing risk of complications.

Step 2 – Stress the Importance of Fluids

⚛︎ Hydration is priority number one in children’s diarrhoea treatment.

⚛︎ Explain to parents: Children with fever and diarrhoea often refuse fluids.They must insist gently — even tiny sips every 5 minutes, or via syringe/spoon. ORS (oral rehydration solution) is best. If unavailable, diluted juice or clear soup is acceptable.

Warn: without proper fluids, dehydration develops quickly in toddlers.

Pharmacy First Aid Advice: ENTEROSGEL® + Fluids

Step 3 – ENTEROSGEL® + Fluids = Shortened Course

⚛︎ With fluids only, diarrhoea may last 5–6 days, with risk of worsening dehydration and hospitalisation.

⚛︎ With ENTEROSGEL® + fluids, diarrhoea is usually controlled within 1–2 days — faster recovery, less suffering, less health risk.

Explain clearly:“Waiting it out” is an outdated approach. Modern care means tackling the cause early with ENTEROSGEL® while keeping the child hydrated.

Step 4 – Referral Guidance

⚛︎ Contact GP immediately to inform them that diarrhoea has started, and that ENTEROSGEL® + ORS are being used.

⚛︎ Seek urgent medical review if:No improvement within 48 hoursBlood in stoolFever >38.5°CSevere dehydration signs (very few wet nappies, sunken eyes, lethargy)

Why Pharmacists Should Lead with ENTEROSGEL®

⚛︎ NHS Drug Tariff inclusion – listed for prescription use in children with acute diarrhoea.

⚛︎  Acute diarrhoea clinical trial published in The BMJ Open Gastroenterology in 2019 showed ENTEROSGEL® reduced stool output and duration of acute diarrhoea.

⚛︎  The Gambia acute diarrhoea study confirmed safety and efficacy in children under 5.

⚛︎ Mechanism – removes toxins, inflammatory mediators and harmful molecules, not bacteria themselves, helping restore gut balance safely.

⚛︎  Widely available – stocked in Boots and independent pharmacies nationwide.

Critique: Where Pharmacy Magazine Missed the Mark

Pharmacists often rely on Pharmacy Magazine for practical scenarios. Yet their recent childhood diarrhoea case study failed to mention ENTEROSGEL® at all.This is deeply disappointing because:

⚛︎ The latest clinical research is already available and published (BMJ trial, Gambia paediatric study).

⚛︎ NHS Drug Tariff inclusion means ENTEROSGEL® is recognised for use in acute diarrhoea in children.

⚛︎ ENTEROSGEL® is widely stocked in Boots and community pharmacies — so it’s immediately accessible.

By omitting this information,Pharmacy Magazinehas not fulfilled its responsibility to keep pharmacists fully informed. Pharmacists trust such platforms for updates; withholding critical new evidence limits the care they can provide to families.Pharmacists deservethe full picture. Parents deservemodern, evidence-based advice.

Final Takeaway for Pharmacists

When a parent comes in asking for toddler diarrhoea treatment, the fast, correct, modern pharmacy answer is:
⚛︎ ENTEROSGEL® double dose now + fluids every 5 minutes

⚛︎ Continue for 3–5 days
⚛︎ Contact GP, escalate if red-flag symptoms appear

This saves suffering, reduces risks, shortens recovery to 1–2 days, and prevents long-term complications like post-infectious IBS or functional gut disorders.

ENTEROSGEL® + fluids = the 2025 gold standard for pharmacy-first advice in childhood diarrhoea.

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