What to do if a three-year-old child has diarrhea

Parents should pay attention to children's diarrhea and take them to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid serious problems or even dehydration. For common diarrhea, parents should also learn some prevention, home treatment and maintenance methods. In addition, we should also pay attention to food hygiene in daily life, educate children to develop the good habit of washing hands before meals and before eating, and also pay attention to the rationality of diet. So what should we do if a three-year-old child has diarrhea?

In the past, when children had diarrhea, the emphasis was placed on restricting their diet, on the grounds that this would give the gastrointestinal tract a rest. However, currently, clinicians not only do not advocate fasting, but encourage children to eat. The reason is that children are in the golden period of development and need adequate nutrition. Diarrhea causes a large amount of nutrient loss. If the diet is restricted, it will be tantamount to adding insult to injury, inducing or aggravating malnutrition, hindering growth and development, and leading to reduced immune function, making diarrhea more difficult to stop. The correct approach is that children over 6 months old with diarrhea should continue to arrange meals according to their accustomed diet, such as porridge, noodles, and soft rice with some vegetables. The diet should be light and raw, cold, and hard foods should be avoided. It is not advisable to drink sugary drinks, fruit juices, or beverages that contain a lot of sugar, so as not to aggravate dehydration. For babies under 6 months old, if they are breastfed, they can continue to be fed with breast milk; if they have temporary sugar-induced diarrhea, they can be fed with soy milk instead, but breastfeeding should be resumed after the diarrhea stops or improves. Here are some commonly used dietary treatments:

Ingredients for skim yogurt: 100 ml skim cold milk, 4 ml 36% fermented acid solution, or 10 drops of 85% lactic acid. Preparation: Cold milk plus fermentation liquid, lactic acid. Function: Milk becomes yogurt after being fermented by lactobacillus. The lactose in this kind of yogurt has been broken down into galactose, making it suitable for children with diarrhea.

Ingredients for scorched rice soup: rice flour, sugar. Preparation: Put the rice noodles in a pot and fry them over low heat until they turn brown. Add a small amount of sugar and water and boil before serving. Function: Scorched rice soup has a certain amount of thermal energy. After the rice noodles are fried, part of the starch can be converted into dextrin, which is beneficial for digestion and absorption. The scorched starch can also absorb intestinal toxins and gases.

The above briefly introduces some knowledge about the relevant maintenance work that should be done when a three-year-old child has diarrhea. As a parent, you should have a certain grasp of this knowledge. At the same time, we should try our best to avoid this situation from happening. Because children are young, they are easily infected by bacteria and other factors, which may cause diarrhea. In addition, we should also pay attention to educating children to pay attention to hygiene.