What should I do if my baby has diarrhea?

A problem that mothers often encounter is diarrhea in their babies, which is usually caused by indigestion, cold, or enteritis. Pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness in the baby's diet, and also pay attention to keeping warm to prevent and treat the condition from worsening. Give the baby more warm water, and never cold water.

Non-infectious diarrhea in children is mainly caused by improper feeding, such as eating too much, too little, too hot, too cold, sudden changes in food types, etc. It can also be caused by food allergies, climate change, and lack of disaccharidase in the intestines. Infectious diarrhea can be caused by viruses (such as rotavirus). Diarrhea can easily cause the loss of water and electrolytes in the baby's body. If not replenished in time, it can easily cause dehydration shock and even circulatory failure, which is dangerous.

Treatment guidelines :

Eat a healthy diet and maintain nutrition;

Promptly correct water and electrolyte imbalance; control intestinal and extraintestinal infections; provide symptomatic treatment, strengthen care, and prevent and treat complications; avoid the abuse of antibiotics.

Daily conditioning:

Infectious diarrhea should be isolated to prevent cross infection; pay attention to the intake and output (stool, urine and vomiting), and record them in a timely and accurate manner; pay attention to the speed of intravenous rehydration; pay attention to buttocks care to prevent and treat diaper rash and buttocks infection; feed water and oral rehydration salts on time and provide parental guidance.

Diet conditioning:

Children with diarrhea and dehydration should continue to eat, but their diet needs to be adjusted and restricted, except for those with severe vomiting who should fast for 4 to 6 hours (but do not need to fast for water). If the baby is breastfeeding, continue breastfeeding and stop feeding complementary foods. If the baby is bottle-fed, feed an equal amount of rice soup or diluted milk or other milk substitutes. After the number of diarrhea decreases, give semi-liquid foods such as porridge and noodles, in small meals. As the condition stabilizes and improves, gradually transition to a normal diet.

If your baby has diarrhea, you should drink water immediately :

If treated correctly, diarrhea in babies is usually not serious. But if your baby is dehydrated due to diarrhea, you need to go to the hospital for treatment, so you should first pay attention to giving your baby enough water. If your baby is not vomiting, you should continue to feed him breast milk or formula. If the baby is over two months old, in addition to milk, you need to add water. The principle is to feed small amounts and multiple times.

Do not give your baby fruit juice or antidiarrheal medicine when he has diarrhea.

Avoid giving your baby sweetened drinks such as soda (including colas), sports drinks, Jell-O water, sugar water, and undiluted fruit juice. Since these drinks contain sugar, sugar will absorb water in the body into the intestines, thereby aggravating the baby's diarrhea. In addition, do not give your baby antidiarrhea drugs without authorization. Be sure to use the drugs according to the doctor's prescription.