Baby with bad diarrhoea? Go to hospital immediately – don’t wait, giving coconut water ‘every six hours’

Coconut water given “every six hours” will “stop frequent stooling, diarrhea and dysentery” in infants and small children. That’s the claim in a dangerous message posted on “The Professor”, a Facebook page run from Nigeria. The message says infants up to six months old

Catherine Olorunfemi

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