The baby poops once after feeding

If the baby has bowel movements every time he feeds, parents need to pay attention to the child's mental state and whether the child is feeling uncomfortable. If the child's bowel movements are normal and do not exceed 7 or 8 times a day, parents do not need to worry too much and can observe the baby first. If the baby's stools are thin and sometimes watery, it is best to take the baby to the hospital for relevant examinations in time.

What are the types of diarrhea in babies?

1. Enterovirus infection

Detailed description of the seven major causes of baby diarrhea and the corresponding countermeasures, including enterovirus infection, bacterial infection, diarrhea caused by cold or flu, hunger-type diarrhea, etc.

It is mostly caused by rotavirus infection.

symptom:

The incubation period is 2-3 days, and is often accompanied by cold symptoms in the early stages. Half of the children will also have fever, generally low-grade, with a body temperature between 37.9 and 39.5°C. This is followed by vomiting and diarrhea symptoms, with stools that are white, yellow or green, like egg drop soup, with a small amount of mucus and no fishy smell, occurring about 10 times a day. It usually lasts 3-9 days, with an average of about 5 days, and the diarrhea is most severe in the first 3 days.

Home Care:

1. There is currently no specific medicine for diarrhea caused by rotavirus infection. Antibiotics should not be abused and the disease has a certain degree of self-limitation.

2. Mainly use diet therapy. Babies can drink some thick rice soup and dilute with milk powder for feeding. Babies who are breastfed can extend the interval between feedings. Children who drink pure milk can boil the milk, remove the milk skin (fat) and drink it, which is conducive to digestion and generally does not require fasting.

3. Babies will lose a lot of water and electrolytes when they have diarrhea. The small intestine cannot absorb only boiled water. To prevent dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, doctors usually give oral rehydration salts. You can make your own sugar and salt water at home: 500ml water, 50g glucose, and 1.75g ​​salt.

4. Pay attention to food hygiene, keep a close eye on food intake to prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth, wash hands before and after meals, disinfect baby's tableware and toys regularly, and people who take care of the baby should pay more attention to their own hygiene.

5. If infection is found, isolate for observation and treatment; the baby should not come into contact with the patient.

6. Babies under 3 years old can take rotavirus vaccine once a year, and only once between 3 and 5 years old is required.

2. Intestinal bacterial infection

The most common one is dysentery.

symptom:

The incubation period is 1-3 days, and it is divided into chronic and acute dysentery. Symptoms include fever, abdominal pain, tenesmus, frequent but small bowel movements, bloody stools, etc. Dysentery in young children often has an acute onset. Before abdominal pain and diarrhea appear, the child has high fever, fatigue, cold limbs, pale gray complexion, and convulsions. Dysentery and vomiting are not necessarily serious. Stool tests can detect pathogenic bacteria.

Home Care:

1. The baby needs to rest in bed and fast appropriately. After the condition stabilizes, give the patient an easily digestible, high-vitamin diet and avoid greasy and fishy foods.

2. For patients with high fever, abdominal pain, and dehydration, give antipyretics, oral salt rice soup (preparation: 500ml rice soup, 1.75g ​​table salt) or oral rehydration salts. Those with vomiting need intravenous supplementation of normal saline. Follow the doctor's instructions for antibiotic treatment, in principle for no less than 5 to 7 days.

3. Pay attention to food hygiene, keep a close eye on food intake to prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth, wash hands before and after meals, disinfect baby's tableware and toys regularly, and people who take care of the baby should pay more attention to their own hygiene.

4. In the summer and autumn when dysentery is prevalent, you can add garlic, purslane and mung bean to the meals of babies who eat complementary foods and boil soup for the baby to drink, which has a certain preventive effect. Usually, babies should not come into contact with patients.

3. Diarrhea caused by cold or flu

The baby's delicate physique is facing the change of seasons. It is easy to catch cold and then suffer from indigestion.

symptom:

The frequency of bowel movements increases, generally less than 5 times a day, and the stool contains particles and is sour and smelly. The intestinal peristalsis is accelerated due to the cold, and sometimes there is abdominal pain. Stool examination shows no bacterial or viral infection. The symptoms will improve and recover after keeping warm, recovering from a cold, or reducing food intake.

Home Care:

1) Diarrhea caused by cold or flu is not too serious and generally does not require medication. You can follow the above dietary therapy for autumn diarrhea and supplement with probiotics appropriately when not taking antibiotics.

2) Add or remove clothes according to the weather changes. Do not let the baby's abdomen get cold and do not let the child cry for a long time to avoid inhaling cold air, which may disrupt intestinal motility and lead to abnormal digestion.

3) For babies who are fed with formula, pay attention to the temperature of the milk. If it is cold, warm it up before feeding.

4) Treat colds promptly.

4. Hunger-induced diarrhea

Starvation diarrhea is a type of diarrhea caused by eating too little food. The child takes in too little food and is always in a state of hunger, which causes the intestinal motility to increase. The more restricted the child's food intake is, the less food there is in the gastrointestinal tract and the more obvious the hunger-related intestinal motility will be.

Along with peristalsis, the secretion of glands on the intestinal wall increases, resulting in diarrhea. This is more common in infants with poor physical constitution or chronic diseases. For fear of indigestion, they avoid certain foods too much, excessively restrict their food intake or only allow them to drink soup, which results in increased intestinal peristalsis and the discharge of thin, clear mucus stools. Many parents mistakenly believe that it is inflammatory stool and further restrict their children’s food intake, creating a vicious cycle and aggravating the condition.

symptom:

Bowel movements are frequent but small in volume, mostly yellow-green loose stools or brown mucous stools, containing milk lumps, the main component of which is intestinal secretions. The diarrhea cannot be relieved or may be aggravated by the reduced food intake during nursing.

Home care options:

1. If hunger diarrhea has been confirmed, the dietary structure needs to be adjusted according to the baby's age. Those with insufficient breast milk need to add milk powder, and those who are feeding with milk powder should gradually increase the amount to the demand of the corresponding age group, avoiding increasing in the morning and evening. When diarrhea occurs more than 7 times a day. Oral rehydration salts to prevent dehydration.

2. Understand the amount of dietary additions and nutritional combinations for babies at different ages.