Why does my baby have diarrhea after vaccination?

In modern medicine, vaccines for various diseases are widely used, which has brought great protection to people's lives and health. For example, newborn babies are required to be injected with various vaccines within the prescribed period to prevent diseases. This is a very effective measure and is very necessary to improve the overall health quality of the population. However, some babies will have adverse reactions after vaccination. For example, what if the baby has diarrhea after vaccination?

Vaccines themselves are attenuated or inactivated bacteria and viruses. Discomfort is inevitable after vaccination. Symptoms of discomfort include: fever, crying, poor feeding, slight redness and swelling, slight vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, etc.

What to do if your baby has diarrhea after vaccination

1. Diarrhea after vaccination is usually a common vaccine reaction. If the diarrhea is not serious, no special treatment is required. Pay attention to replenishing water for the child and eating a light diet;

2. If the child has severe diarrhea, poor mental response, and other abnormal conditions such as fever, it is recommended to see a doctor to rule out whether other diseases are occurring at the same time.

If the child shows some serious reaction symptoms, such as high fever over 40℃, rash all over the body, listlessness, convulsions, local infection, sterile abscess, angioedema, anaphylactic shock, or shrill crying that cannot be soothed for two or three hours, the child should be taken to the hospital for treatment in time, and the reaction should be reported to the vaccination unit.

What should parents do if their baby has diarrhea

1. Observe the characteristics and frequency of stool

It is important to see what the stool looks like. If it is mushy or (for children) contains undigested milk curds in the stool, and the amount is not large, and it is not watery, nor does it contain mucus, pus, or blood, you can temporarily leave it alone and observe. If the stool becomes watery, the amount is large each time, or if mucus or blood is visible to the naked eye, you should go to the hospital immediately for a stool test.

2. There are some tips for collecting children’s feces

If the child has just had diarrhea and the condition cannot be determined, but he looks energetic, can eat and play, and his complexion is not bad, you can collect the child's stool in a plastic bag and immediately send it to the nearest hospital for testing.

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