What to do if your baby has a fever and repeated diarrhea

What parents are most worried about is their baby's fever, because sometimes it is difficult to reduce the baby's fever, and it will rise again after it goes down. And the child will not only have a fever, but also have diarrhea. This happens almost every time, which makes us very distressed. Many parents don’t know what to do. Diarrhea always recurs, which makes the children suffer. Parents are also most troubled by this. So what should we do if the baby has a fever and repeated diarrhea? Let’s learn more about it!

Colds, fevers and diarrhea are mostly infectious diarrhea. Infectious diarrhea is usually characterized by watery stools, large amounts of stool, often containing mucus, or even pus and blood, more than 10 bowel movements a day, accompanied by vomiting, dehydration, abdominal distension, fever, irritability or lack of energy. Mostly caused by bacteria.

1. Children's fever and diarrhea are mainly caused by the loss of a large amount of water and salt. If the baby is dehydrated to below moderate level, has no severe vomiting, and is able to eat, you can feed the baby oral rehydration saline in small amounts and multiple times, once every 2 to 3 minutes, and feed 10 to 20 ml each time with a spoon; this way, small amounts will accumulate into large amounts, and the dehydration can be corrected in about 4 to 6 hours. If the child has severe diarrhea and is obviously dehydrated, the child should be taken to the hospital to see a pediatrician and given intravenous fluids.

2. In terms of dietary care, it is emphasized that meals should be eaten at regular times and in regular amounts, with appropriate temperatures. Eat less or try to avoid greasy, fried, and spicy foods to avoid excess nutrition in the body, which will promote dampness and heat. Drink less cold drinks and frozen foods to avoid damaging the yang energy of the spleen and stomach, and cultivate the habit of not being picky about food.

3. Antibiotics should not be abused for babies with viral diarrhea, because antibiotics are not only ineffective, but will also kill the normal intestinal flora, causing flora disorders and aggravating diarrhea. Also, do not give antidiarrheal drugs casually to prevent the excretion of pathogens and toxins.

Through the above content, we know what to do if the baby has a fever and repeated diarrhea. Many times we don’t know what the more feasible treatment methods are, nor do we know which methods are more effective. Now we know what to do specifically, which can effectively relieve the child’s fever and repeated diarrhea. If parents cannot handle it, they should go to the hospital for treatment in time.