How many days does it take for a child to have diarrhea?

If a child’s diarrhea is caused by indigestion, how many days will it take to recover? Since children's gastrointestinal tract is not particularly mature, diarrhea caused by indigestion should be taken seriously, and reasonable treatment measures need to be taken. The recovery time of children's diarrhea caused by indigestion depends on how well it is treated. The following is a specific analysis and treatment of diarrhea in babies caused by indigestion.

1. How many days will it take for the baby to recover from diarrhea caused by overeating?

Generally speaking, babies’ diarrhea caused by indigestion will get better in 3-7 days.

However, if it is more serious and not properly cared for, it may last from two weeks to half a month;

With proper treatment, recovery may occur in three to five days.

2. Specific Analysis

1. Diarrhea caused by baby's indigestion is generally caused by acute gastroenteritis or bacterial infection. Parents should first give the baby antidiarrhea medicine, and then use diet therapy to relieve the baby's symptoms of indigestion.

2. Therefore, as for the question of how many days it will take for a baby's diarrhea to heal, as long as you find out the corresponding cause and treat it symptomatically, there will generally be improvement within 3-7 days.

3. Treatment methods:

1. If the baby is under 6 months old and is breastfed, breastfeeding should continue; if not, the baby can continue to be fed with milk or dairy products that the baby consumes daily. Babies with mild symptoms should reduce the amount of milk they suck appropriately.

2. If the baby is over 6 months old or has started eating solid food, give him some rice porridge or other starch mixed food. Families with conditions can add some vegetables, fish or minced meat. Add some vegetable oil to each feeding.

3. Eat light, easily digestible food and avoid foods that may cause diarrhea, such as soy milk.

4. 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.

5. Parents need to feed and adjust the 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.

6. If the baby continues to have diarrhea after care, parents can take the baby to see a doctor and take medication to stop diarrhea under the doctor's guidance.