My one-year-old daughter has an upset stomach. Should I give her probiotics such as yakult?

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Is she having pain? Yakult is not effective to treat stomach pain as the good bacteria content is minimal and it's very sweet. http://afcoaching.com.au/blogs/blog/39799041-11-reasons-to-avoid-yakult-and-other-probiotic-drinks My daugther has upset stomach twice and we feed probiotics and not effective at all. Both times, we brought her to A&E as the pain is unbearable. PD prescribed debridat and she recovered.

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You can probably give probiotics (see a PD for it, or find over-the-counter ones that are suitable for her age!), I wouldn't advise Yakult/Vitagen even for adults because it's loaded with sugar (or sugar substitutes for the "low-sugar" ones) and hardly contains anything good.

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Actually the last time my daughter had an upset tummy, we asked doctor whether itโ€™s good to give yakult. He said we should avoid giving it when the child has upset tummy. Instead he gave us lactobacillus powder.

i would suggest you to give home-made curd instead of yakult to your child. Also check for pro-biotics for the good bacteria consumption as a medication.

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Hi... you might find this article informative https://sg.theasianparent.com/10-commandments-dealing-diarrhoea-kids

I will give those probiotics powder instead of yakult. Those probiotics powder contain more probiotics in it.

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I would give probiotics instead of yakult as the concentration of probiotics in yakult is very little

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Yakult also contains a fair bit of sugar so you can try BioGaia for kids instead.

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thanks