What should I do if my baby has diarrhea due to poor digestion?

Babies often get sick when they are growing. Since children's functions are not fully developed, this is also a manifestation of low body resistance. Generally, it is mainly caused by colds or diarrhea. In fact, baby diarrhea is mainly caused by poor digestion. This is also a serious condition. It will affect the child's absorption of nutrition and growth. Active treatment and conditioning must be carried out. Let us introduce what to do if the baby has diarrhea due to poor digestion?

First, adjust your child’s diet to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.

Some parents try every means to feed their children high-fat, high-protein foods such as chocolate, milk, and eggs in an attempt to make up for the damage caused by diarrhea in their children. However, they do not realize that doing so will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and make the diarrhea last for a long time. At this time, it is advisable to give children some easily digestible food, such as rice soup, sugar and salt water, or even temporarily prohibit them from eating, so that gastrointestinal function can be restored to speed up the recovery of the disease.

Second, keep your child's abdomen warm.

Children's abdomen is easily affected by cold, and for children with diarrhea, the intestinal motility is already faster. If the abdomen is further affected by cold, the intestinal motility will be even faster, thus aggravating the condition.

Third, pay attention to protecting the patient's buttocks

Due to the increased frequency of bowel movements, the skin and mucous membranes around the anus will inevitably be damaged to varying degrees. Parents should pay special attention to the anal area during care. After defecation, wipe gently with soft toilet paper.

Or use soft gauze dipped in water to wash gently. After washing, you can apply some oily ointment to prevent diaper rash. Change diapers in time to avoid diapers soaked in feces and urine from rubbing against the skin and causing ulcers. right

The toiletry, diapers, contaminated clothing and bed sheets used by sick children should be washed and disinfected in time to avoid repeated infection or transmission to other people.

Through the above introduction, we understand what to do if the baby has diarrhea due to poor digestion. When the child has such a situation, the first thing to do is to stop feeding the child. In addition, we must prevent the child from becoming dehydrated and replenish the child with water. Especially when the child's condition becomes serious, we must take the child to the hospital for treatment in time, and also take care of the child's life.