Treatment measures for diarrhea and constipation in three-month-old babies

Diarrhea is a common disease in 3-month-old babies. If this disease is not treated in time, it will affect the child's digestion and health. Therefore, for many parents, when their children have diarrhea, they want to fully understand the treatment measures for diarrhea and constipation. The following content provides a detailed introduction so that you can fully understand it.

The first type is for breastfed babies

For babies who have been drinking breast milk all the time, if they have "loose stools" after 2 months, the first thing parents should think about is whether it is because the increase in breast milk secretion has caused the baby to drink more milk. It is recommended to measure your weight. If it originally increased by 150 grams every 5 days and now increases to 200 grams, it means that it is indeed caused by the increase in breast milk. In this case, you can let the baby drink some boiled water before feeding to reduce the amount of milk the baby consumes, and the number of bowel movements will also decrease accordingly.

The second type is for infants fed with artificial milk powder.

Under normal circumstances, babies who are fed with milk generally do not experience diarrhea. Because as long as the bottles and nipples are strictly sterilized, babies of this age will not suffer from any terrible diseases. If the baby has no signs of fever, is in good spirits, and likes to drink milk, the diarrhea can be eliminated by diluting the milk.

Related knowledge points: In summer, if dysentery is prevalent near your residence and the mother also suffers from dysentery, and the baby also develops diarrhea 1-2 days later, even if no blood or pus is found in the stool, you should take the baby to the hospital to check the stool. Sometimes babies with asymptomatic dysentery can pass the disease on to their family members. The spread of dysentery in nurseries is mostly due to improperly washed diapers of infants with asymptomatic dysentery.

When a breastfed baby develops constipation after 2 months, it should be considered that it is caused by the mother's lack of milk. If you measure the weight, it will be clear. The baby used to gain 150 grams every 5 days, but now it only gains 100 grams. This means that there is insufficient breast milk and milk should be added. Constipation in breastfed babies is not necessarily caused by lack of milk. Sometimes, there is plenty of breast milk, but the baby begins to suffer from habitual constipation for unknown reasons. When this happens, try feeding your baby different types of juice, or increase the amount of juice appropriately. Ready-made juices available in the market are not as good as those you make yourself. When making juice, the gauze used for filtering should not be too fine; an iron sand net for filtering tea can be used. The fiber contained in plant cell membranes can stimulate intestinal motility and help digestion. In addition, if the baby only has a bowel movement once in three days, and has great difficulty in defecation and cries because of holding it back, an enema should be given every other day. If the stool is not very hard and you can have a bowel movement once every two days and the bowel movement is relatively easy, there is no need to worry about it. It doesn't matter if you don't have a bowel movement once a day.

The above content comprehensively introduces diarrhea in 3-month-old babies. After fully understanding the reasons in these aspects, many parents must undergo a comprehensive examination in a large hospital to find out the cause and improve it through treatment as soon as possible in order to cure their children's diarrhea and alternating constipation as soon as possible and make their children healthy through treatment.