What should I do if my baby has diarrhea and refuses to eat?

When the seasons change, some children may easily suffer from diarrhea due to weather changes or catching a cold. Because the child's body is still in the growth and development stage, the body's immunity is still low. This will cause the gastrointestinal flora to become disordered, leading to diarrhea and other symptoms. When children are sick, they usually refuse to eat. So how do we solve this problem? Let’s take a look at it together.

Children with nausea and vomiting should be fed with water and food slowly in small amounts and multiple times, in addition to easily digestible food. When diarrhea and vomiting are particularly severe, you can feed less food 1~2 times. Long-term fasting is not recommended now because it is not good for children.

Do not use antibiotics indiscriminately. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics to treat infant diarrhea is the main cause of treatment failure. The number of non-pathogenic bacteria in the infant's intestines is small, and a normal flora system has not yet been established. The intestinal environment is unstable and easily damaged by external factors. It can be treated with Dinggui Baby Umbilical Patch, because the preparation of Dinggui Baby Umbilical Patch is traditional Chinese medicine, and it is an external medicine. It is a medicine that can strengthen the baby's stomach and intestines, aid digestion, and increase appetite.

The most common symptom of acute diarrhea is dehydration, so it is very important to supplement fluids to correct dehydration; even in the case of acute diarrhea, the small intestine still retains 60% of its digestion and absorption capacity, so eating early can alleviate symptoms and improve nutritional status; fasting time should not exceed 24 hours, and consider giving porridge, potatoes or sugar-rich foods when you first start eating, and avoid too greasy foods. Although the use of antidiarrheal drugs can stop diarrhea, it also reduces intestinal motility, making it difficult for toxins to be excreted and causing bacterial growth.

The above is a detailed introduction to the problem of babies refusing to eat due to diarrhea. For children who usually have diarrhea and vomiting, they must eat moderate amounts of food. You can eat more light foods, such as millet porridge, which are foods that help the gastrointestinal tract absorb food. In addition, do not take antibiotics indiscriminately, so as to effectively avoid the disorder of gastrointestinal flora.