Baby has diarrhea and sour smelly stool

Babies often suffer from the adverse reaction of diarrhea, and the cause of diarrhea is mostly caused by diet, so mothers should pay special attention to the baby's diet safety. If your baby has diarrhea and the stool has a sour and smelly watery stool, it is most likely caused by digestive tract dysfunction. At this time, the baby will have diarrhea frequently and the excrement will be sour and smelly watery stool. Let’s talk about it in detail below.

Types of diarrhea in babies

1. Dietary indigestion type diarrhea: The child has symptoms such as abdominal distension, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, bad breath, etc. He often cries before diarrhea, and his stool is sour and smelly, with undigested milk lumps.

2. Wind-cold type diarrhea: The child has abdominal rumbling and pain, sometimes accompanied by fever, runny nose and other symptoms. The stool is thin, foamy, light in color and has no odor.

3. Damp-heat type diarrhea: The child has symptoms such as fever, thick and greasy tongue coating, and the stool is egg drop soup-like with a little mucus. This type of autumn diarrhea is the most common in children.

4. Spleen deficiency type diarrhea: The child suffers from long-term diarrhea, has a sallow complexion, has a decreased appetite, and has loose stools with undigested food.

Judging your baby's health by the color of his stool

1. Green stool

If the stool is green and watery, your baby may have indigestion or a bacterial infection. Babies who drink milk powder sometimes have yellow-green or turquoise stools. This is because the iron content in formula milk is very high. If the stool is just green and there is no change in the nature or frequency of bowel movements, the baby's health is fine.

2. White mucus in stool

If your stool is dry and snotty, this is normal. If the white mucus is thick and abundant, this indicates that the baby may have a bacterial infection and needs to be checked in the hospital.

3. Blood in the stool

If the bloodshot is dot-like and relatively small, and the baby is in a better mental state, it is mostly caused by allergies. If bloody stools appear suddenly and are accompanied by vomiting, this indicates that the baby may have intussusception; if the baby has bloody stools with pus, it is mostly a bacterial infection and may also be colon polyps; if the baby not only has bloody stools but is also accompanied by malnutrition and edema, this condition indicates that the baby is likely to have inflammatory bowel disease.

4. Black stool

When black stools appear, if the baby is in good spirits, it may be that the baby has eaten too much complementary food containing iron supplements, pig and duck blood, and animal liver, and it is not a big deal. If the baby is in poor spirits, black stools may indicate that the baby has a peptic ulcer.