How to take oral rehydration salt for babies

The baby's stomach and intestines are at a stage of not very complete development, so when parents feed their babies, they must pay attention to whether the baby's stomach and intestines can withstand such food. Some parents are not careful and cause their babies to suffer from diarrhea. Diarrhea should be treated promptly. Some chronic diarrhea is so severe that symptoms of dehydration appear, and oral rehydration salts are needed at this time. But how should babies take oral rehydration salts?

How to take oral rehydration salt for babies

1. Pour the whole bag into 250ml warm water at one time.

2. Do not split the medicine into half a bag and mix it with 125 ml of warm water, because inaccurate splitting will affect the concentration of the solution and thus affect the efficacy.

3. Do not add sugar, juice, milk, etc. to the prepared rehydration saline solution.

4. After mixing, you don’t have to drink it all at once:

After each bag of oral rehydration salt is prepared, it can be taken in multiple doses, but try to finish it within 24 hours.

If your baby cannot drink water from a cup, you can use a spoon, dropper or small cup to feed him/her 5 to 10 ml every 3 to 5 minutes. If your baby vomits, you can stop feeding him/her for 10 minutes and then feed him/her slowly again.

How to heat the rehydration saline solution when it is cold?

1. In winter, the prepared saline solution will become cold after a while and can be warmed up like hot milk.

2. Never add hot water directly to the rehydration saline solution, as this will dilute the prepared rehydration saline solution and affect the efficacy.

Protecting the baby's stomach and intestines is the key, which directly affects the baby's digestive system in the future. Only when the digestion and absorption functions are good can the baby's nutrition play its full role, enhance the baby's resistance and enable the baby to grow healthily. Therefore, parents, you must pay attention to regulating your baby's gastrointestinal tract and give your baby a healthy stomach. Only in this way can you give your baby a healthy life.