Six causes of infantile pathological diarrhea need to be investigated
Mothers should pay attention to the fact that the baby's diarrhea may be caused by viral infection (such as gastroenteritis) or bacterial infection, parasites, antibiotics or milk allergy, and for older babies, it may also be caused by drinking too much juice.
bacterial contamination
Severe diarrhea (sometimes accompanied by vomiting), accompanied by abdominal pain, bloody stool and fever, is often caused by viruses or bacteria (Escherichia coli, Salmonella, etc.). Some of these infections can heal themselves, but some can also be very serious (such as infections caused by Escherichia coli contained in undercooked meat). Therefore, if your baby has the above symptoms, you should take him to see a doctor. The doctor will examine him, and may also do stool culture to see if it is caused by bacterial infection.
antibiotic
If your baby has diarrhea during or after antibiotic treatment, it may be related to drugs. Tell the doctor to see if you can switch to other drugs or treatments.
gastroenteritis
Gastroenteritis (also known as gastrointestinal cold) is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines, which can cause diarrhea in infants, children and adults. Gastroenteritis is very common and can be caused by many different viruses. The most common pathogen is rotavirus, and half of the children hospitalized due to diarrhea are infected with this virus, which usually occurs in late autumn and early winter. If your baby has diarrhea, accompanied by stomach cramps, vomiting and low fever, it is probably gastroenteritis. Please note that if the baby doesn't eat or drink much, he may lose a lot of water.
parasite
Parasitic infection may also cause diarrhea. For example, Giardia (also called piriform flagelliasis) is caused by a parasite that lives in the intestine and can only be seen under a microscope. Parasites are easy to spread in group life and need special drug treatment. Therefore, developing good hygiene habits, such as changing diapers and washing hands, is the best way to stop the spread of parasitic infections.
Food factor
Drinking too much juice (especially juice containing sorbitol and high concentration of fructose) or too many sugary drinks may also make your baby's stomach uncomfortable and his stool thin. Give the baby less of these foods, and it should be better in about 1 week. It is recommended not to drink fruit juice for babies under 6 months. After 6 months, the daily intake of fruit juice should not exceed about113 ~170 ml. Improper mixing of formula milk may also cause diarrhea in the baby, so when you milk, you should add water in proportion.
Milk allergy
Milk allergy is not uncommon, and it can also cause diarrhea and sometimes vomiting. If your baby is allergic to milk, he may show allergic symptoms within minutes to hours after drinking milk-based formula or eating dairy products (if he has started to eat complementary food). If you suspect that the baby's diarrhea is related to milk, please consult a doctor in detail.
How should the baby have loose bowels in spring adjust the diet?
As the weather gets warmer and spring warms bloom, bacteria also begin to quietly become active. The baby's stomach and intestines are weak, and it can't stand the tossing of bacteria. If you are not careful, you will have diarrhea. The baby has loose bowels, should he eat or fast? In fact, at different times after the baby has diarrhea, the work of eating and fasting should be carried out in order to protect the baby's weak stomach!
How to do baby diarrhea?
Fasting time-early diarrhea
The onset period of the baby's acute diarrhea is generally 1-2 weeks. If the baby has severe diarrhea symptoms, he can fast for a short time, and the fasting time is best controlled at 6-8 hours, so as to reduce the stimulation of food to the intestines and let the intestines get a full rest.
During the baby's fasting, mommy should also prepare some 5% glucose saline to help the baby replenish energy in time. However, moms need to pay attention to that the baby should not drink too much water after diarrhea, so as not to dilute the stomach acid and affect the baby's appetite.
Eating time-after a short fasting
When the baby has diarrhea, the water and food in the stomach will be lost without being fully absorbed. At this time, the body needs to replenish water and energy. Therefore, the baby can't completely fast, otherwise it may lead to complications such as dehydration and hypoglycemia, which will aggravate the condition. Therefore, after a short fasting, the baby should replenish water and energy for the body through a proper diet.
Just started eating after diarrhea, how should the baby eat?
The baby's stomach is already weak, and with long-term diarrhea, the gastrointestinal function will be greatly damaged. At this time, which foods are suitable for the baby to eat and which foods the baby must stay away from?
Appropriate: The baby just started eating after diarrhea, and it should be mainly light liquid food, such as rice soup and noodle soup.
Bogey: From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, diarrhea is the dysfunction of spleen and stomach. Milk, honey and other foods are cold, which has the effect of moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels, which will aggravate the condition and is not suitable for eating. In addition, potatoes, sweet potatoes, white radishes, pumpkins, soybeans and other foods that are easy to produce gas and ferment should also be eaten less.
After the symptoms are relieved, how does the baby eat?
Appropriate: After the frequency of defecation is reduced and the symptoms are relieved, the baby can eat some low-fat and low-fiber foods appropriately. The staple food can be soft and digestible rice porridge, rice flour, noodles, and vegetables without crude fiber such as cucumber, tomato, eggplant and carrot. It should be noted that if you eat rice flour, you should eat it lightly, and try not to put or put less brine and other ingredients.
Bogey: Foods rich in oil and fat are difficult to digest and slippery, which will aggravate diarrhea, so you should eat less. The daily fat should be about 40 grams.
How does the baby eat after the symptoms of diarrhea basically disappear?
Appropriate: After the symptoms of diarrhea basically disappear, you can gradually transition to a normal diet. The staple food can be fine noodles, soft rice, noodles, steamed bread, rolls, etc. The meat should be chicken, tender beef and lean pork with short and soft meat fiber.
Bogey: Babies with abdominal distension should not eat beans and bean products. In addition, you should pay attention to food hygiene, and don't give your baby spicy, stimulating, cold or cold food.
How should the baby recuperate?
1, should not eat too much.
Overeating in infants and young children not only makes the digestive ability of the stomach unbearable, resulting in indigestion, but also sometimes leads to serious diseases such as acute gastric dilatation and gastric perforation.
2. Timing of eating
Skipping breakfast, inadvertently hungry and full, will slowly erode the health of the stomach. The stomach is an organ that strictly abides by the timetable, and the secretion of gastric juice has physiological peaks and valleys in a day, so as to digest food in time. If gastric acid and pepsin are not neutralized by food, they will digest the gastric mucosa itself and cause damage to the gastric mucosa.
3. Don't eat too fast
Infants must eat slowly. If you just come back from the outdoors, don't eat immediately, you can drink some warm water first, and then eat after 10- 15 minutes. Eat at least 25 minutes for each meal. Be sure to slow down and increase the chewing time. When eating in winter, it is best to eat some staple food first, then eat vegetables and meat and drink soup, which will help stimulate saliva to secrete amylase, enhance the digestive ability of the stomach and protect the stomach.
4. Pay attention to food hygiene
Infants and young children are sensitive to the gastrointestinal tract. If they eat unclean or stale food, it is easy to cause acute gastritis, with symptoms such as stomach pain, bloating and vomiting.
The above is about how to regulate the baby's stomach. I believe that after reading the above introduction, you already know how to help your baby regulate his stomach. In fact, these methods for regulating the baby's stomach are very simple. Parents can help their baby to regulate the stomach as long as they insist on these methods for a long time.