What should I do if my one month old baby has enteritis?

The baby's physical health will often be affected by various adverse factors, which will cause great obstacles to the baby's development. Among them, damage to gastrointestinal function is extremely serious for babies. It can pose a hidden danger to the baby's development, causing the baby to exhibit symptoms such as developmental problems, and the growth rate will also be restricted. For example, enteritis can also cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. in babies. Let's take a look at what to do if a one-month-old baby has enteritis.

What to do if your baby has enteritis

Many babies suffer from acute enteritis due to irregular eating habits caused by their parents feeding them randomly, such as eating too much, too little, too early or too late. So, what exactly is acute enteritis in babies?

Baby acute enteritis is a common digestive tract disease. Infants and young children have relatively poor gastrointestinal function and low resistance to external infections, so they are prone to illness at the slightest discomfort. Most babies’ acute enteritis is caused by eating unclean food, so if you want to prevent it, the key is to keep the food clean and store it safely.

If careless parents accidentally feed the baby raw, cold, or spicy food, fail to control the baby's diet, or let the baby's abdomen get cold, it may cause acute enteritis.

Also, stop breastfeeding and give your baby rice soup with half a tablet of Bacillus subtilis added in it, twice a day. Give your baby plenty of fluids, and if he doesn't get better, take him to the best children's hospital. If the condition improves, give your baby a lighter dose of milk powder.

Symptoms of acute enteritis in babies

The symptoms of acute enteritis 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 enteritis 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.