What to do if your 6-month-old baby has enteritis

Six-month-old babies are just beginning to eat complementary foods. If they are fed too much or their diet is unclean, they will often develop enteritis, which has a greater impact on the child's health. It can cause diarrhea and, in severe cases, watery substances will be excreted, which will affect the child's electrolyte balance and often lead to dehydration. They must be treated with medication and electrolytes must be replenished in a timely manner.

What to do if your 6-month-old baby has enteritis

1. This condition of children is closely related to viral infection and diet, so for the child's condition, continue to use anti-inflammatory treatment, and at the same time pay attention to diet and supplement with more saline solution.

2. You can add a variety of vegetables appropriately, and let him eat them after he is hungry and has chopped them up. You can drink some nutritious millet porridge, it may be better.

3. Don’t give your child an IV drip casually, and give your child more warm water to drink.

How to prevent baby enteritis

1. When your baby shows symptoms of enteritis, you should seek medical attention promptly, find out the cause, and treat the symptoms. Avoid blind use of medication, especially blindly using antibiotics to avoid delaying the disease or aggravating the symptoms.

2. If it is confirmed that the baby's disease is caused by rotavirus infection, pay attention to diet during treatment, eat some light and easily digestible food, drink plenty of water, prevent dehydration and complications, and take oral antiviral drugs for observation. The general course of the disease is about seven days. If medication does not improve symptoms and symptoms continue to worsen, seek medical attention promptly and receive fluid therapy to avoid delaying the condition.

3. Babies should pay attention to changes in environmental temperature, especially seasonal diseases. They must take precautions in advance, pay attention to personal hygiene and diet, avoid eating raw, cold, hard, fried foods, and avoid eating snacks, so as not to induce or aggravate the symptoms of enteritis. It should also be noted that rotavirus is highly contagious, so care must be taken to avoid cross-infection or infection.

As for the problem of baby enteritis, although this problem is neither big nor small, parents do not need to pay attention to it and worry about it every day, because worrying too much is useless. Just pay more attention to the baby's eating problems and the above points. Don't let the baby eat what he shouldn't eat. Try to let the baby eat some healthy and nutritious food. The baby will stay away from enteritis and there will not be too many problems.