What are the treatments for diarrhea in children in autumn?

Autumn is a period of high incidence of diarrhea in babies. After the baby has diarrhea, it not only affects the baby's appetite, but also has a serious impact on the baby's physical development. So, what are the treatments for autumn diarrhea in children? Let me give you a detailed introduction below.

Treatment of autumn diarrhea in children

Recipe 1: Plantain juice and eggs: 30g of fresh plantain, 1 egg. Usage: Wash the plantain, mash it to extract the juice, mix well with eggs, steam it in a pot and take it immediately. Once a day (this is the dosage for children aged 2-5 years old, the dosage for others can be increased or decreased according to age)

Home Recipe 2: Humulus Egg: 30g Humulus, 1 egg. Usage: Boil humus and eggs together until the eggs are cooked, eat the eggs, and wash your feet with the concoction.

Recipe 3: Plantain and eggs: 30g plantain, 1 egg. Usage: Boil plantain and eggs together until the eggs are cooked. Eat eggs and wash your feet with concoction.

Recipe 4: Mung bean powder and egg white: 9g of mung bean powder, 1 egg white. Usage: Mix the medicine into a cake, apply it to the fontanel for vomiting, and apply it to the soles of the feet for diarrhea. It is effective.

Carrot puree and rice soup are also one of the commonly used dietary remedies for treating diarrhea in children. Clinical observation shows that when feeding carrot puree to children with diarrhea, if the children drink an appropriate amount of millet soup, the number of intractable diarrhea can be greatly reduced.

Carrot puree: Wash the carrots with clean water, peel and cut into pieces. Place the cut carrots into a rice cooker and steam until cooked. Use a grinder to grind the steamed carrots into carrots. Puree, 3 times a day, 1 to 2 spoons each time.

Millet soup: Take 250 grams of millet, add 2500 ml of water, cook on low heat for 2 hours, take the upper layer of rice soup, and feed it 6 times a day, 30 to 100 ml each time.

Autumn diarrhea in children

Autumn diarrhea is mainly caused by rotavirus infection. It is more common in infants and young children under 3 years old, especially those under 1 and a half years old. Because children have weak gastrointestinal function, relatively little gastric juice and digestive juice, and poor gastrointestinal resistance, they are easily infected with the virus and have severe symptoms after onset, so it is called "children's autumn diarrhea."

The early stage of the disease is characterized by cold symptoms such as runny nose, cough, fever, sore throat, and stools several times a day, accompanied by vomiting and abdominal pain. It is easily misdiagnosed as a gastrointestinal cold. The disease has obvious seasonality, with sudden onset, high body temperature (usually 38-40°C), severe gastrointestinal symptoms, and even dozens of stools per day, mostly watery or egg-shaped, and relatively The stools of older children are spray-like, without any special fishy smell or mucus, pus or blood. Stool tests are normal or have a few white blood cells. Due to frequent diarrhea and vomiting and low appetite, children are prone to varying degrees of dehydration. In severe cases, electrolyte imbalance may occur. In worse cases, it may be complicated by encephalitis, intestinal bleeding, intussusception or myositis, which may be life-threatening. Parents should pay enough attention to this disease.

At present, except for "Smecta" which has a certain effect in antidiarrheal, there are no other particularly effective Western medicines available for this disease.

The effect of traditional Chinese medicine in treating diarrhea in children is relatively certain.

In addition, it can also be combined with acupuncture therapy, first taking Zusanli and Yinlingquan, and then acupuncture at Qihai and Zhongwan; if the diarrhea does not stop, acupuncture at the antidiarrheal point and moxa stick at Shenque point can be added For patients with vomiting, needle Neiguan will be added.

It is necessary to adjust the diet of children. For mild cases, fasting is not necessary. The frequency of breastfeeding should be reduced as much as possible, the duration of breastfeeding should be shortened, and foods that are not easily digestible such as milk, malted milk, chocolate, etc. should be stopped; Drink salt water, rice soup, dilute powder, etc. Those with severe symptoms should fast for 6-24 hours. If the symptoms are relieved after fasting for a certain period of time, the diet can be gradually resumed. Eating must be from small to large, from thin to thick, and must not be done too hastily.

Children with mild dehydration can be treated with oral rehydration salts; if dehydration is severe, intravenous infusion should be given to correct electrolyte imbalance. Do not use antibiotics indiscriminately to prevent adverse consequences.

In addition, we must do a good job in caring for sick children. In addition to dietary adjustments, the child's abdomen should be kept warm.

As the weather gradually turns cooler in autumn, and children with this disease are invaded by viruses, their intestinal motility is already accelerated. If the abdomen gets cold again, the intestinal motility will be faster and diarrhea will worsen.

The arms of the child should also be protected. Due to the increased frequency of defecation, the skin and mucous membrane around the anus must be damaged. After defecation, the child should gently wash it with soft gauze dipped in water, and then apply some oil-based ointment. The baby should be promptly Change diapers to prevent diapers soaked in feces and urine from rubbing against the skin and causing ulcers. Things used by children should be washed and disinfected in time to avoid repeated cross-infection.

Since rotavirus exists in food, prevention of this disease should be the main focus, and the "disease enters through the mouth" should be taken care of, and good hygiene habits of washing hands before meals and after using the toilet should be developed , do not drink raw water, do not eat unclean food. Pay attention to breastfeeding hygiene for babies. Bottles, spoons and other food utensils should be washed and scalded with boiling water before and after each feeding. It is best to boil and disinfect them once a day. Do not eat overnight food; mothers should pay attention to the cleanliness of breasts and change underwear frequently to reduce the chance of infection. Infants and young children's toys should also be disinfected frequently.

Diet for children with diarrhea: What kind of milk powder should be fed to children with diarrhea?

In clinical work, we often encounter children with diarrhea. The most common occurrence of diarrhea in such children is Shortly after the cold and fever, the fever improved, but the child developed diarrhea. Diarrhea may also occur due to improper feeding, such as adding too many complementary foods too quickly or eating unclean foods. For such children, most of them can recover quickly with doctor's guidance and medication, but there are also a considerable number of children whose recovery is not ideal. Especially some parents of small babies don’t know how to feed their children. When asking the doctor, they may be advised to eat as little milk as possible during diarrhea, because milk is the best "culture medium" for bacteria. When bacteria encounter milk, they will multiply faster. Try to cook some porridge for the child. It's easy for older children to handle it. If they don't eat milk for a few days, the little ones won't cry too much. However, for small children who haven't added much complementary food, they may not be able to adapt to stopping milk feeding. What to do?

Some parents may not know that there is a kind of milk powder called lactose-free milk powder (such as Nestlé’s Anner, Mead Johnson’s Anying, etc.). As the name suggests, it is milk powder with lactose removed, which is specially suitable for children. Milk powder to feed during diarrhea. Lactose-free milk powder can reduce the digestive burden on the intestines and facilitate the recovery of diarrhea.

You may have heard of the term "lactose intolerance". Some people will experience symptoms such as excessive gas, bowel sounds, bloating and diarrhea whenever they drink milk. People often think this is a milk allergy. In fact, this is medically known as lactose intolerance. Lactose is a sugar found in milk, and some people are born with an inability to produce enough enzymes to break down lactose. Then, the lactose in milk cannot be broken down by digestion, causing typical digestive symptoms. Research shows that when a child has diarrhea, the damage to the small intestinal epithelial cells can also lead to temporary lactase deficiency. When a child drinks milk powder during diarrhea, the child's diarrhea will not recover satisfactorily. Therefore, when children have diarrhea, they can switch to lactose-free milk powder, which can greatly shorten the course of diarrhea. If you don’t believe it, you can try it.

Some suggestions for parents with diarrhea.

1. First, the stool should be tested to rule out infectious and non-infectious factors, and medication should be used rationally under the guidance of a doctor.

2. If the diarrhea is not serious but the vomiting is serious, you should go to the hospital in time.

3. When using Smecta, a mucosal protective agent, it must be fed on an empty stomach, with 50 ml of water per pack (required concentration). Do not feed anything, including water, for at least 20 minutes after feeding as prescribed. Only in this way can we have good results.

4. Mommy’s Love or Jinshuangqi is an intestinal flora regulator. It should be washed with warm water, not boiled water.

5. The drugs mentioned above cannot replace antibiotics. If there is an obvious infection, oral antibiotics must be taken.