Background: Diarrhoea is a common problem, affects all age groups.The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of zinc-probiotic combination therapy and probiotic therapy alone in the treatment of acute paediatric diarrhoea. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 180 children age ranged 1 year to 10 year of both genders. Patients were divided into 2 groups of 90 each. Group I received zinc along with probiotics and group II received probiotics only by oral route. Child above 1 year of age received 20 mg/day zinc for 2 weeks. The probiotic, Bacillus clausii was administered two times a day for 5 days. Results: Age group 1-2 years had 34 males and 30 females, 3-4 years had 24 males and 22 females, 5-6 years had 10 males and 14 females, 7-8 years had 16 males and 12 females and 9-10 years had 10 males and 8 females. In group I, maximum patients were of lower status (25) followed by upper lower (20) and upper middle (20). In group II, maximum patients were of lower (30) status followed by upper lower (20). The difference was significant (P< 0.05). In group I, 76 patients were severe before treatment which became nil after treatment. In group II, 12 remained severe after treatment. Conclusion: The administration of zinc along with probiotics proved to be effective in controlling diarrhoea as compared to probiotics alone.
Key words: Diarrhoea, Probiotics, Zinc

Received: 5 January  2019                                       Revised: 25 January 2019                              Accepted: 28 January 2019
Corresponding Author: Dr. Vishakha Sirpal, Medical officer at Kamal Hospital , Nakodar , District Jalandhar,  Punjab

This article may be cited as: Sirpal V, Kumar H, Kumar P. Comparative evaluation of different treatment regime in treating diarrhoea patients. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2019; 5(1):99 -101.