What to do if your one-year-old baby has diarrhea

The body of a one-year-old baby is in the stage of development, and the baby's immune function is very poor at this stage, and the gastrointestinal tract has not been fully developed. Therefore, after eating unhygienic food, it can lead to intestinal flora imbalance, thereby inducing diarrhea. The harm of diarrhea in babies is very large, and it is necessary to seize the time to give treatment, otherwise it can induce other diseases. So what should I do if my one-year-old baby has diarrhea?

First, what should you do if your one-year-old baby has diarrhea? Adjust the diet. Eat light, easily digestible food, and avoid foods that can easily cause diarrhea, such as soy milk. Reasonable drug treatment. Take some probiotic conditioning medicines. After taking them, the probiotics will quickly colonize in the baby's intestines, inhibit harmful bacteria in the intestines, and restore the intestinal flora to a normal balance.

Second, what are the causes of diarrhea in babies? Cold abdomen. Some babies kick off the quilt when they sleep, or expose their abdomen when they play during the day, which can easily cause their abdomen to catch a cold. Once the abdomen catches a cold, the intestinal smooth muscles will be stimulated, contraction will intensify, intestinal peristalsis will also speed up, and the food being digested and absorbed will pass through the intestine faster. This not only affects the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the body, but also causes an increase in the frequency of bowel movements, and the stool is often loose and rotten, resulting in diarrhea. Diarrhea caused by breastfeeding may be due to the high content of prostaglandins in breast milk, which promotes the movement of small intestinal smooth muscles, increases the secretion of water and electrolytes, and produces loose stools. Breast milk diarrhea may also be caused by lactose intolerance in children and lack of lactase in the body. Do not stop breastfeeding when breast milk diarrhea occurs. The baby's body will gradually adapt to the prostaglandins in breast milk, and the lactase will gradually mature and the enzyme activity will increase, so it can break down, digest and absorb lactose, and the condition will gradually improve with the addition of complementary foods.

What should I do if my one-year-old baby has diarrhea? Home care. Parents need to feed and adjust their baby's diet properly. When preparing complementary foods for children, attention should be paid to food hygiene to prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth. The tableware used by children should be boiled and disinfected every day. Parents must not be lazy. In addition, special attention should be paid to replenishing water for the baby at all times to prevent dehydration. Hospital treatment. If the baby continues to have diarrhea after nursing, parents can take the baby to see a doctor and take medicine under the guidance of the doctor to stop the diarrhea.