What to do if your baby has diarrhea after catching a cold

In the hot summer, it seems very hot and it is impossible to catch a cold. In fact, the possibility of catching a cold is greater in the hot summer. In our lives, do we often hear parents complain that their children have diarrhea again? Children have low immunity. In the summer, it is more likely to catch a cold and have diarrhea due to the humidity and heat. The following are some reasons why babies have diarrhea. I hope it will be helpful.

1. One type is caused by non-infectious factors, such as improper diet or weather changes, which can cause diarrhea. Diarrhea caused by diet includes eating too much or too little; changes in food ingredients, adding too much sugar (conversely, too little sugar intake can easily cause constipation); adding complementary foods too quickly, causing discomfort, weaning children in hot weather, etc. Weather changes, such as children catching a cold, can cause intestinal dysfunction; hot weather can reduce the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes, and indigestion can cause diarrhea.

2. The other type is caused by infectious factors, such as unclean feeding utensils or food used by children, which allow bacteria to enter the body and cause diarrhea; long-term use of broad-spectrum antibiotics can cause intestinal flora imbalance and cause diarrhea; when children suffer from acute upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, otitis media, urinary tract infection, pharyngitis and other diseases, they can all develop diarrhea due to fever and the influence of pathogen toxins.

If a breastfed baby develops diarrhea, you can shorten the time of each feeding and let the baby eat the first half of the milk. Because the first half of breast milk contains more protein, it is easy to digest and rich in nutrition, while the second half contains more fat and is difficult to digest. If necessary, the mother can drink a large glass of light salt water half an hour to an hour before breastfeeding to dilute the milk and then breastfeed the child.

The above are some of the reasons why babies have diarrhea. I hope mothers can understand them carefully so that it can be helpful to their babies. Every baby is the mother’s angel. I believe mothers understand and love their babies the most. However, even in small aspects, mothers should not ignore them.