How to treat diarrhea in infants and young children?

Infant diarrhea is also called infant indigestion. The general symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea. The incidence rate is higher in summer and autumn. Because infants and young children have poor physical constitution, their digestive function is not very mature. If they are not well taken care of, diarrhea is likely to occur. If the treatment is proper, the effect will be very obvious, but if the treatment is improper, it will have a great impact on the child. Below is some content that the editor found about diarrhea in infants and young children.

1. Extra-digestive tract infection

Extra-digestive tract infection may be the cause of diarrhea, but it is also common to be infected due to low body resistance after diarrhea. Common ones include suppurative skin infections, urinary tract infections, otitis media, upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, pneumonia, phlebitis and sepsis. Viral enteritis is occasionally complicated by myocarditis.

2. Oral thrush

Children with a prolonged course of illness or pre-existing malnutrition are more likely to develop thrush, especially after long-term use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. If the medication is not stopped in time, the fungus can invade the intestines and even cause systemic fungal disease.

3. Toxic hepatitis

Jaundice may occur during the course of diarrhea, which is more common in children with existing malnutrition. It may be enteritis caused by Escherichia coli, complicated by Escherichia coli sepsis, leading to toxic hepatitis. The condition worsens rapidly after diarrhea, and death occurs soon after jaundice appears. However, if the disease is discovered early and injected with polymyxin, ampicillin or carbenicillin in time, most cases can be cured.

4. Malnutrition and vitamin deficiency

Prolonged diarrhea, repeated fasting, and long-term calorie deficiency can easily lead to malnutrition, anemia, and vitamin A deficiency. Long-term diarrhea can cause liver damage, reduced vitamin K absorption and decreased prothrombin, leading to bleeding.

5. Others

Severe dehydration may lead to acute renal failure. Vomiting in young babies may cause suffocation if not properly cared for.

From the above content, you can know how great an impact infant diarrhea will have on the child's physical condition. If you have this disease, you must supplement vitamins in time to avoid collapse. In addition, the resistance of infants and young children is very fragile, so the best way is to help the baby increase immunity and resistance in normal times to prevent the occurrence of diarrhea.