Infantile diarrhea mainly occurs in infants under 2 years old. Newborns generally defecate 2-5 times a day, and some babies defecate 7-8 times a day. Compared with artificial feeding, breast-fed babies defecate more often. With the growth of the baby's age, the frequency of defecation will gradually decrease, and after 2-3 months, the frequency of defecation will be reduced to 1-2 times a day. Parents need to know the baby's normal defecation habits in order to judge whether he has diarrhea at the first time.

Parents should pay attention not only to the frequency of defecation, but also to the shape of defecation. If the defecation frequency is more than usual, the texture is thinner than usual, and even watery stools appear, like spouting from the ass. These may be the symptoms of infantile diarrhea, usually accompanied by gastrointestinal discomfort such as dislike of eating and abdominal pain.

The main symptoms of infantile diarrhea are:

1, mild diarrhea: stool 5-6 times a day, even as many as 10 times, stool is egg-shaped or watery, yellow or yellow-green, with white patches, low-grade galactorrhea, mental diet is still good or slightly reduced, weight is not increased or slightly reduced, and there is no dehydration.

2, moderate diarrhea: stool 10 times a day, watery stool, sour and smelly, may have moderate fever.

3. Severe diarrhea: stool 10 times a day, watery stool, yellow, vomiting, fever, scanty urine, poor appetite, weight loss, rapid dehydration and acidosis, hypokalemia, calcium and magnesium, etc.

4. Some infants may have obvious dehydration, acidosis and electrolyte disorder, such as low potassium or magnesium.