The reason why babies have yellow loose stools

In daily life, everyone hopes that their children can be healthy and have normal physical development. However, in many cases, because the newborn baby is not very adaptable to the external environment, it causes some symptoms, such as the common phenomenon of loose stools.

1. Infants’ digestive function (digestion of food) is immature

Children's digestive systems are not fully developed, and undigested food enters the small intestine (but the small intestine cannot absorb undigested food). Both the food and its metabolic products can stimulate the intestinal wall, increasing intestinal motility and causing diarrhea. If the mother is malnourished during pregnancy (pregnancy food), the fetus develops poorly in the mother's body, and the child is not adequately nourished after birth, it is more likely to lead to slow development of the digestive system and lack of digestive enzyme synthesis, and the chance of diarrhea will increase.

2. Improper feeding

In this type of diarrhea, the stool is mostly yellow or yellow-green, loose and contains milk curds.

(1) Feeding large amounts of starch, cakes, bean powder or other difficult-to-digest foods too early can easily cause diarrhea, especially for infants under 3 months old. Excessive fat intake (including excess fat in breast milk due to the mother's diet) can also cause diarrhea.

(2) Eating too much, too fast, or too frequently increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Irregular feeding times prevent the gastrointestinal tract from forming a conditioned reflex to secrete digestive juices at regular intervals, which reduces the body's digestive function and can cause diarrhea.

(3) Junk food contains synthetic additives (preservatives, pigments, flavors), excessive amounts of harmful substances, and incorrect processing methods such as frying, grilling, and pickling, which can easily cause diarrhea in children.

(4) Some children are allergic to foods such as milk, which can also cause diarrhea.

3. Bacterial and viral infections

As the saying goes, "Diseases come from the mouth." Contamination of food and utensils, as well as dirty hands and objects in children's mouths, can cause babies to ingest bacteria, causing gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea. When children have colds, hepatitis and other diseases, they may also suffer from gastrointestinal infections and cause diarrhea.

From the above article, we learned that when babies have loose stools, first of all, this is a problem with the child's gastrointestinal tract. Many parents, in particular, don't know what to do, how to give their children timely treatment, and how to provide more care in daily life.