What is the cause of the baby's diarrhea and foam?

Many babies have problems, so it is necessary to pay attention to timely diagnosis and examination, so as to effectively ensure the health of the children and avoid dangerous situations caused by abnormal phenomena of the children, especially when the children have diarrhea with foam. So what is the matter with babies having diarrhea with foam? Let me introduce this issue to you below.

What kind of stool should a newborn baby have after the meconium is excreted? Generally speaking, most people will tell you that breastfed babies have yellow, uniform, and pasty stools, and they defecate more frequently, up to 4 to 5 times a day. Children who drink milk have 2 to 3 bowel movements a day. Their bowel movements are white and formed, and sometimes curds can be seen.

However, in the late neonatal period to 2 to 3 months, another kind of stool is often seen during this period. It is green in appearance, mixed with white lumps, sometimes with transparent mucus in the shape of lines, and sometimes like a broken egg without a shape. Experienced doctors or people who often take care of children know that this is the stool of a breastfed baby; but a new mother will rush to the hospital with her child because she thinks that this stool is abnormal and the child must have diarrhea.

How do we determine whether a child with this kind of stool is sick? First, let us give you a concept. There is another type of diarrhea that we call physiological diarrhea.

Although this type of diarrhea may cause bowel movements up to 6 to 7 times a day, and the stools are yellow-green and watery, and may even contain small curds and mucus, no red blood cells or white blood cells will be found under the microscope, and at most fat globules may be reported. The child’s good weight gain is the most important objective indicator for judging this type of diarrhea, which is what we often say “diarrhea does not delay weight gain.” Another characteristic observed in this type of children is that they are in good spirits, have good appetite, do not have fever, and do not vomit, that is, they do not have any of the accompanying symptoms of diarrhea. Therefore, when seeing this kind of physiological diarrhea, parents do not need to be anxious, and there is no need to stop breastfeeding and switch to milk to change the stool characteristics. Generally, this physiological diarrhea will heal naturally after the child is 4 to 6 months old and proper complementary food is added.

The above is my opinion on this issue. If the child has the above problems, then you should pay attention to taking timely treatment methods for treatment, especially some children have diarrhea, it is very likely caused by other diseases. Finally, I wish the children a speedy recovery.