What should I do if my baby keeps having diarrhea?

Diarrhea is a common disease in normal times. It can occur at any age. Whether it is adults, the elderly or children, it must be taken seriously, especially children whose body resistance is very weak. If diarrhea is not treated in time, it is easy to cause dehydration. It is best to find out the cause of diarrhea as soon as possible and then treat it symptomatically to avoid worsening of the condition.

What to do if your baby has long-term diarrhea

1. Diarrhea caused by indigestion: Babies often have diarrhea, mostly because of indigestion. Parents should feed their children correctly on a daily basis, and add complementary foods according to the principle of starting from less to more, from fine to coarse, and from one type to many. You can take appropriate digestive aids, such as Mommy Love, Lactobacillus Tablets, Baby Jianpi Powder, etc. These drugs can promote digestion after taking them. During diarrhea, parents can cook yam porridge, sorghum rice porridge, coix seed and lotus seed porridge, etc. for their baby to eat, which can regulate and enhance the digestive function, and play a role in strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea.

2. Diarrhea caused by adverse stimulation: Parents should pay attention to temperature changes on a daily basis and help their babies add or remove clothes in time to avoid catching cold or heatstroke. Make sure your baby gets enough sleep to avoid affecting his mental state or even physical development due to lack of sleep. Don't scare your child, especially don't tell your baby horror stories before bed, so as to avoid scaring your baby and causing mental tension, which may aggravate diarrhea.

3. Diarrhea caused by allergic diarrhea: It is best to take your child to the hospital for allergen testing to determine which types of food the child is allergic to, and reduce or avoid the intake of such food.

4. Diarrhea caused by lactose intolerance: It is usually treated by taking lactase.

5. Diarrhea caused by other conditions: If you find that your baby often has diarrhea, and it is bleeding or has serious conditions such as colic, parents should take the baby to the hospital for diagnosis in time to determine the cause and provide symptomatic treatment.

Why do babies often have diarrhea?

1. Indigestion caused by improper feeding: Many babies often suffer from diarrhea due to this reason, and parents should pay attention to it. Improper feeding by parents can easily cause gastrointestinal dysfunction in babies. This is often the result of adding too much complementary food too early. In order for their babies to grow faster, some mothers add large amounts of starch or fat foods too early and too much, which results in digestive disorders in babies and causes diarrhea. In addition, if the baby eats too oily or too cold food, frequently changes to new food, or eats spoiled food contaminated with bacteria or toxins, it can easily cause indigestion and lead to diarrhea.

2. Adverse stimulation: catching cold, overheating, being in a bad mood, or being overly nervous or frightened can also cause diarrhea.

3. Allergic diarrhea: diarrhea caused by eating foods that are prone to cause allergies.

4. Lactose intolerance: Some babies cannot break down and metabolize lactose in their bodies, lack the necessary lactase in the intestines, or the activity of lactase has weakened. The main symptoms of lactose intolerance are diarrhea and bloating after consuming large amounts of lactose.

5. Others: such as nonspecific ulcerative colitis, glycogen diarrhea, etc.