Does massage work for infant diarrhea?

Massage is a very common physical therapy method. Massage can treat and prevent many diseases. Regular massage has many benefits to physical health. Generally speaking, the baby's body resistance is very weak, and diarrhea will occur if you don't pay attention. Babies with diarrhea can be treated with massage. Massage is very effective in treating baby diarrhea, but you must go to a professional and formal institution.

Is massage effective for baby diarrhea?

It is necessary to insist on breastfeeding because breast milk can deliver antibodies to the baby and provide the best and most active probiotics. When babies are just born, there are no bacteria in their intestines, so they are prone to diarrhea. If your baby has diarrhea, we generally do not recommend medication. Parents can stop diarrhea by massaging the baby's belly. Method: Dad or mom spreads out his or her palm, places it on the baby's abdomen, and gently rubs it counterclockwise for about 50 times, or for about 2 minutes. This massage technique can help the baby stop diarrhea and promote gastrointestinal function.

Treatment for baby diarrhea

If a baby who is 10 days old has diarrhea, it is very likely that the baby’s stomach is cold. At this time, parents can relieve the symptoms of diarrhea by applying a hot towel to the baby’s stomach to keep it warm and increase the baby’s gastrointestinal temperature. Taking probiotics When your baby is constipated or has diarrhea, taking an appropriate amount of probiotics can balance the intestinal flora and relieve the discomfort of diarrhea. Parents can soak probiotics in milk powder or take it with water, but the water temperature cannot be higher than 45 degrees.

What to do if your baby has diarrhea

1. General treatment:

If a baby under 6 months old is breastfed, he or she needs to continue breastfeeding; if not breastfed, you can continue to feed the baby with the milk or dairy products he or she consumes daily. For babies with mild symptoms, the amount of milk sucked should be appropriately reduced. If the baby is over 6 months old or has started eating solid food, give him some rice porridge or other starch mixed food. Families with conditions can add some vegetables, fish or minced meat, and add some vegetable oil to each feeding. Specifically, you can give some fresh fruit juice or mashed bananas to supplement potassium; you can also feed freshly prepared foods, of course, these foods must be well cooked, ground or mashed.

Parents should encourage their babies to eat and feed them at least 6 times a day. In addition, after the baby's diarrhea stops, continue to feed the baby the above foods, and add meals at least once a day within two weeks after the diarrhea stops until the baby's weight returns to normal. However, if the baby has severe diarrhea, he or she should fast for 8-24 hours and receive intravenous fluids.

2. Fluid therapy:

1. Oral method: suitable for babies with mild dehydration or mild vomiting. The amount of fluid replacement is calculated as 100 ml/day per kg of body weight and taken in several doses.

2. Intravenous rehydration: used for children with moderate to severe dehydration.

3. Drug treatment: If the child's diarrhea does not improve after 3 days or the following symptoms occur, you should seek medical attention in time:

(1) Frequent watery bowel movements.

(2) Frequent vomiting.

(3) Obvious thirst.

(4) Unable to eat normally.

(5) Fever.

(6) Blood in the stool.

3. Treatment remedy : Take an appropriate amount of fresh carrots, wash and chop them, add water and boil them until they are soft, then take out the carrots and mash them into a paste (keep the water from boiling the carrots for later use).

When eating, add 5-10 grams (about one teaspoon) of carrot puree to every 100 ml of water used to boil carrots. The amount of food intake mainly depends on the baby's appetite, and can be fed according to the usual amount. Generally speaking, after feeding carrot puree for 2 to 3 days, the stool will be formed.