What medicine should children take for diarrhea?

As the weather turns cooler, more and more children are suffering from diarrhea. Diarrhea is very harmful to children's health. Not paying attention to diet and cooler weather may cause diarrhea in children. There may be a mother who doesn’t know what medicine to give her child when he has diarrhea. Here is a solution to this problem for parents. The following are different treatments for diarrhea in children of different ages. Parents, come and learn about them!

1. Diet therapy: For mild cases, reduce the amount of milk and replace it with rice soup, sugar and salt water, etc.; for severe cases, fast for 8 to 24 hours and give intravenous fluids.

2. Fluid therapy:

Oral administration: Suitable for those with mild dehydration or mild vomiting. The amount of fluid replacement is calculated as 100 ml/day per kg of body weight and taken in several doses.

Intravenous rehydration: used for moderate and severe dehydration.

3. Control infection: Select antibacterial drugs according to the cause of the disease.

4. Symptomatic treatment: For diarrhea, take bismuth carbonate or light acid protein 0.3 g orally once, 3 times a day. To aid digestion, take pepsin mixture 1 ml per year, 3 times a day, or 1 tablet of multienzyme tablet once, 3 times a day. Treat symptomatically according to the condition.

As the weather turns cooler, food tends to get cold easily, so parents should pay more attention to their children's diet. Hygiene issues can also cause diarrhea in children. Parents should educate them to wash their hands before and after meals, not eat junk food, and pay attention to personal hygiene. The above are the medicines for children with diarrhea prepared for parents. If children's diarrhea is not relieved, they should go to a regular hospital for treatment under the guidance of a doctor. Children should not be given medicine blindly.