Why does my baby have jelly-like diarrhea?

Children's stomachs are relatively fragile because their digestive organs have not yet fully developed. Once parents give their children food that they should not eat, the mildest consequence is diarrhea, and the worst case may be other diseases. In real life, some children have diarrhea and their stools are jelly-like, which parents are very confused about. So, what causes baby's jelly-like diarrhea?

Why does my baby have diarrhea and jelly-like mucus?

The most common reason for red jelly-like mucus in baby's stool is infectious gastroenteritis. The fundamental reason for baby's diarrhea is poor immune function, weak resistance to viruses and bacteria, and easy infection. It is recommended that you go to the hospital for a routine stool examination in time. Find out what bacteria or other microorganisms are causing it. Treat the cause under the guidance of a physician. At the same time, it adjusts the intestinal flora.

What to eat when baby has diarrhea

1. Boil the apples. A thoroughly cooked apple has an astringent effect. Giving your baby one apple a day can help relieve diarrhea. When cooking apples, you should cook them in water or add some rock sugar, so that babies will like them more.

2. Egg yolk diet: Boil the eggs, remove the shells and egg whites, and simmer the egg yolks in a pot over low heat to extract oil. Infants under one year old can take one egg yolk oil a day, divided into 2-3 doses, for a course of 3 days to treat diarrhea, and it has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stomach and stopping diarrhea.

3. Scorched rice soup: first grind the rice flour or milk cake into powder, fry until it turns yellow, then add appropriate amount of water and sugar, and then cook it into a paste. When rice noodles are added with water and then heated, its carbonized structure has a better adsorption and antidiarrheal effect.

4. Carrot soup: Carrot is an alkaline food. The pectin it contains can promote stool formation and absorb bacteria and toxins on the intestinal mucosa. It is a good antidiarrheal food.

5. Chestnut paste meal: Use 3-5 chestnuts, peel and mash them, add water and cook into a paste, add sugar to taste and eat 2-3 times a day. It has the effect of warming the middle and stopping diarrhea. In addition, orange and jujube tea, carrot soup, etc. have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea.

Now that we know the reason why babies have diarrhea with jelly-like mucus, parents can provide symptomatic treatment for their babies based on the reason. Diarrhea in babies is not a serious problem, but if it is not treated well, it can easily cause greater harm to the baby. Therefore, parents should take their baby’s diarrhea seriously and actively treat it.