What to do if your 7-month-old baby has enteritis?

The baby's stomach is relatively fragile, and the baby's diet is monotonous and cannot accept other solid foods. Therefore, many parents often feed their babies some inappropriate food by mistake, which results in serious problems with the baby's stomach. For example, enteritis is a very harmful disease. Let's take a look at what to do if a 7-month-old baby has enteritis?

1. Clarify the cause of acute enteritis in babies

If it is caused by indigestion, you can adjust your diet and choose light and easily digestible food. You can also take medication, such as taking lactase, yeast tablets, etc.

2. Pay attention to your baby’s dietary hygiene

Be sure to protect your baby's diet, avoid raw and cold food, and keep the abdomen warm.

3. Replenish water and electrolytes in time

Severe diarrhea can cause dehydration in babies, so parents should provide good care to prevent their baby’s gastroenteritis from worsening.

Symptoms of acute gastroenteritis in babies

Symptoms of acute gastroenteritis vary depending on the cause. Those caused by spicy food and alcoholism often have discomfort, pain, lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, etc. in the upper abdominal area. For those caused by drugs and stress factors, there is generally no obvious discomfort before the onset, or only symptoms of indigestion, but this is often masked by the primary serious disease. The first symptoms may be sudden onset of black stools or vomiting of blood. Acute gastroenteritis in babies is often accompanied by dehydration. Mild dehydration can be treated with oral rehydration, while moderate and severe dehydration generally requires intravenous rehydration therapy. If the child continues to have symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy, it is recommended that the child go to the hospital for intravenous infusion. Dehydration in young children can easily lead to symptoms such as high fever and convulsions.

When your baby has gastroenteritis, as parents it is best to treat it in time, whether it is infusion or injection, quick treatment is the most critical, because gastroenteritis is really torturous. If it is delayed for a long time, it may cause immeasurable damage to the baby and affect the child's healthy growth and development. Therefore, gastroenteritis must be taken seriously.