Health experts are concerned as gastroenteritis, the most common ailment during monsoon, is turning out to be atypical and prolonged. Paediatricians are now coming across prolonged gastroenteritis cases with acute intestinal infection, marked with fever, vomiting and loose motions that continue over a week.

In the last couple of weeks, many children have shown symptoms of acute intestinal infection. Though all did not require hospitalisation, but for two and half-year-old Rafiq (name changed). The child required hospitalisation since Monday and was receiving medical treatment for over a week. Rafiq had loose motions 25-30 times in a day, leaving him dehydrated and his condition was worsening with every passing day.