If your baby has diarrhea, be alert to these dangerous situations!

Many babies have weak resistance and poor immunity, so they are easily invaded by viruses. Once they are sick, they will have symptoms of diarrhea. Many mothers think that the problem can be solved by giving their babies some medicine or using some folk remedies. However, if symptoms such as fever and bloody stools occur, mothers should pay attention and take correct measures in time to help their babies get rid of the illness.

1. Symptoms of diarrhea in babies: fever

The main temperature response to diarrhea in infants and young children is fever, and most of them are moderate fevers (around 38.5℃). This is common in diarrhea caused by Escherichia coli, Campylobacter jejuni, Shigella, Salmonella, rotavirus, enterovirus, etc. Fever may precede or occur at the onset of diarrhea.

2. Symptoms of baby diarrhea: bloody stools

Common symptoms of diarrhea in children include loose stools, watery stools, egg-drop soup-like stools, yellow-green stools, or stools containing a small amount of mucus. The child has diarrhea about 5 times a day. When a child has diarrhea, if there is blood in the stool or there is bloody or purulent stool, and the amount of stool is small each time, but the child sits in the potty and is unwilling to get up, it may be dysentery, jejunal tortuosity diarrhea, or enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli diarrhea, and the child should seek medical attention immediately.

3. Symptoms of baby diarrhea and dehydration

The baby is already seriously dehydrated, showing symptoms such as drowsiness, coma, noticeable sunken eye sockets, inability to close eyes when sleeping, no tears, abnormally dry mucous membranes in the mouth and tongue, and poor skin elasticity. At this time, he basically has no desire to drink water. We call this the early stage of shock. The condition is quite serious and he must be rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Dangers of diarrhea in babies:

1. Baby's diarrhea will interfere with normal gastrointestinal function;

2. Repeated or prolonged diarrhea can lead to malnutrition and reduced resistance in children;

3. Frequent and heavy diarrhea and vomiting can cause loss and imbalance of water and electrolytes in the body, and even lead to death.

What to do if your baby has diarrhea:

1. Give water, rice soup, juice, rehydration salt, etc. to regulate the baby's stomach and intestines after each diarrhea;

2. Supplement adequate intake and provide easily digestible food, avoid raw, cold, and hard food;

3. Do not abuse antibiotics, because many drugs have certain irritation to the gastrointestinal tract;

4. Before the disease develops seriously, go to the hospital in time for stool testing and culture to find out the pathogen and prescribe symptomatic medication.

5. Observe the changes in the condition. If the condition does not improve, you should see a doctor again. Before seeing the doctor, prepare fresh, uncontaminated stool that has been excreted within 1 hour for testing.