Symptoms of diarrhea and dehydration in children

Children must pay attention to controlling their physical health in normal times to prevent many complications or problems that cause trouble to the body. Generally, when children have diarrhea, if they are dehydrated and also have fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, etc., different symptoms require caution, as there may be some complications or inflammation problems, and they need to be checked at the end of the month.

Symptoms of mild diarrhea in infants include 5 to 6 bowel movements a day with small white pieces, watery or yellow-green in color. Symptoms of moderate diarrhea include ten bowel movements a day, which may be accompanied by a moderate fever. When the baby has severe diarrhea, the number of bowel movements per day will increase to about ten times. Diarrhea is also accompanied by symptoms such as vomiting, fever, and loss of appetite. Once the baby shows this symptom, you should be alert to whether the baby has diarrhea.

After the baby has diarrhea, if the baby is breastfed, there is no need to stop breastfeeding and the baby can still be breastfed. However, as a mother, you need to be careful about your diet and not eat too greasy food, otherwise it will aggravate your baby's indigestion symptoms.

If the baby is fed with milk powder, you can reduce the amount of milk the baby drinks and replenish the baby with water regularly to prevent dehydration. If the baby has diarrhea very frequently, it may cause dehydration, which can be very serious.

If a baby has diarrhea, he can be treated with oral bifidobacterium capsules, montmorillonite powder and other drugs. These drugs are very helpful in treating diarrhea and regulating intestinal function in babies. Children often experience abdominal pain and restlessness, cry, have hyperactive bowel sounds, and may have tenderness before defecation, which often become quiet after defecation. Microscopic examination of the stool revealed a large number of fat droplets. Note: When the baby has diarrhea, if the mother is breastfeeding, the baby must have a healthy diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, and avoid greasy and spicy foods.

If the baby is fed with milk powder, he must drink plenty of water and rub his belly from time to time to facilitate intestinal peristalsis. Also, if your baby has severe diarrhea, you must see a doctor in time to avoid delaying the disease and causing enteritis in your baby.

Common diseases

Enteritis, acute hemorrhagic necrotizing enteritis, allergic enteritis, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, acute ischemic bowel disease, sepsis, typhoid or paratyphoid fever, hookworm disease, chronic atrophic gastritis, post-subtotal gastrectomy, intestinal tuberculosis, chronic bacillary dysentery, chronic amoebic dysentery, schistosomiasis, long-flagellated protozoa, hookworm disease, red worm disease, multiple colon polyps, malabsorption syndrome, colon villous adenoma, intestinal malignancy, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, post-pancreatectomy, cirrhosis, cholestatic jaundice, chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, hyperthyroidism, adrenocortical insufficiency, gastrinoma, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) tumor, carcinoid syndrome, diabetic enteropathy, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, uremia, radiation enteritis, irritable bowel syndrome.

diagnosis

(I) Questioning based on the characteristics of diarrhea

1. The onset of diarrhea. Attention should be paid to epidemiological investigations to determine whether a group of people or family members become ill one after another in a short period of time. Is there a history of unclean diet or meals, is it related to the intake of fatty meals, or is it related to tension and anxiety. The frequency of diarrhea and the amount of stool help to determine the type of diarrhea and the location of the lesion. The amount of stool in secretory diarrhea often exceeds 1L per day, while the amount of stool in exudative diarrhea is much less than this amount. Frequent intercourse with small amounts is often associated with rectal irritation.

2. The amount and nature of feces. Acute diarrhea can be divided into watery diarrhea and dysentery-like diarrhea. During watery diarrhea, the intestinal mucosa may not be damaged and may not contain blood or pus. It may not be accompanied by tenesmus and the abdominal pain may be mild. Dysenteric diarrhea indicates that the intestinal mucosa is damaged, with bloody and purulent stools, often accompanied by tenesmus and abdominal colic. Watery diarrhea is often caused by bacterial toxins such as enterotoxins of Vibrio cholerae, while dysentery-like diarrhea can be seen in bacterial dysentery, amoebiasis, ulcerative colitis, etc.