What is the cause of the child's diarrhea and bubbles?

When children have diarrhea, parents are afraid that their children will develop other more serious stomach symptoms, so when children poop, parents will carefully observe the color and shape of their poop. If a breastfeeding baby has diarrhea, parents should consider whether there is a problem with the complementary food they choose. But what is going on when I find bubbles in the poop of my child who has diarrhea?

What to do if baby has diarrhea and there is foam in the stool

If your baby has diarrhea with foam, it may be caused by indigestion or certain drug ingredients after the baby takes medicine. For babies who are bottle-fed, it is recommended that you dilute the milk powder appropriately, feed them small meals frequently, and reduce the amount of milk appropriately. You can add milk with glucose to your baby to help regulate your baby's gastrointestinal digestion, and observe and record the frequency and nature of your baby's bowel movements at any time. Also, mothers should not eat too sweet food. If the baby has foamy stools, the doctor will say it is caused by the mother eating too much sweet food. If the baby's condition still does not improve, you need to take the baby's stool to the hospital for testing.

If your baby does not pass foam too often, don't worry too much, as it is probably caused by a cold. However, the digestive system of infants is not yet perfect at this stage, and indigestion is common. You should pay attention to your diet. If the baby is breastfed, the mother should also pay attention to her diet. The mother's diet should be light and easy to digest, and she should avoid spicy and dry foods, such as leeks, garlic, chili peppers, pepper, etc. She should also avoid eating cold and hard foods. If the baby has frequent bowel movements and has other discomforts, it is best to see a pediatrician.

Baby diarrhea home care:

1. Feed reasonably and adjust the diet.

2. Babies with severe diarrhea and dehydration should go to the hospital to replenish electrolytes.

3. Pay attention to food hygiene when artificially feeding or preparing complementary foods to prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth. The bottles and nipples used by babies should be boiled and disinfected every day.

4. Do not abuse antibiotics for babies with diarrhea to avoid intestinal flora disorders.

5. Stop feeding complementary foods for a period of time, and mainly feed liquid food. After the diarrhea gradually improves, you can feed semi-liquid food.

What to do if your baby has diarrhea with foam

The main reason why baby's stool is foamy is that 80% of baby's stool is water, which is thinner due to breastfeeding. The E. coli in the intestines breaks down sugars and produces gas, so there will be foam. If it is not diarrhea, no special treatment is required.

1. Physiological diarrhea: Breast milk contains a lot of lactose, most of which is broken down by lactase in the skin and intestines to produce acid.

Gas production stimulates the intestines, causing stool to be discharged in a diarrhea-like, foamy state. Eating too much starch or sugary food can increase the fermentation of food in the intestine, and the resulting stool will be dark brown, watery and foamy.

Physiological diarrhea is neither a gastrointestinal infection nor indigestion, so no drug treatment is required. Instead, you should strengthen the care of your baby, change diapers in time, clean the buttocks, and apply diaper cream to prevent redness of the buttocks skin or even local infection.

2. Pathological diarrhea: those occurring in summer are mostly Escherichia coli enteritis or dysentery, while those occurring in autumn and winter are mostly viral diarrhea. In addition to diarrhea symptoms, pathological diarrhea may also cause fever, dehydration and even some damage to other organs. If you are not sure whether it is pathological diarrhea, you can go to the hospital for a stool test. If the stool test is abnormal, you should follow the doctor's advice for treatment.