How many times is considered diarrhea in seven months?

Diarrhea is a disease with a relatively wide range of incidence. In addition to normal people, children can also suffer from this disease, including seven-month-old babies. Because the body mechanisms of these babies are not fully developed, they will suffer more diseases. Diarrhea is limited to a certain number of times, not just one or two times. So how many times is considered diarrhea in seven months?

Infant diarrhea is a digestive tract dysfunction syndrome caused by improper diet or internal or external intestinal infections, and often occurs in infants under 2 years old. When babies are fed breast milk, they will normally defecate one to two more times a day than when they are fed milk, and the stools will be yellow-green and mushy; while those fed milk will have yellow formed stools. Diarrhea refers to the increase in water content in the stool and the deterioration of the stool components. Generally speaking, during diarrhea, the frequency of bowel movements increases, the water content increases, the stool turns green, and the smell becomes sour and smelly. The main symptoms are:

1. Mild symptoms: five to eight bowel movements a day, possibly accompanied by a mild fever or vomiting. The stool is yellow-green, mucus-containing and egg-drop soup-like, accompanied by mild abdominal distension and hyperactive bowel sounds.

2. Moderate diarrhea: Ten bowel movements a day, loose watery stools, sour and smelly, and possible moderate fever.

3. Severe cases: frequent diarrhea, eight to fifteen bowel movements a day, watery and large in volume, with a sour odor, irritability, drowsiness, listlessness, and even coma and convulsions, bloody and mucous stools, sunken anterior fontanelle, dry skin and lips, etc.

What to do if your seven-month-old baby has diarrhea

1. If the child does not have diarrhea often and is in good spirits, it is recommended that you observe him at home and give him the following treatment. Forbid your baby to eat for a while to give his stomach and intestines a good rest.

2. Rehydrate: Give the baby light tea with a little salt and sugar, and feed frequently

3. Provide light and easily digestible foods such as skimmed milk, porridge and a small amount of pickles. However, it is important to note that you should not give antibiotics on your own, as this may affect the detection of pathogens. Don't give antidiarrheal drugs casually to prevent the excretion of pathogens and toxins.

4. If the following situations occur, you should go to the hospital immediately for treatment: 1. The number of bowel movements exceeds 7 to 8 times a day. 2. The stool is a large amount of watery stool or a small amount but contains pus, blood and mucus. 3. Accompanied by fever. 4. Symptoms of dehydration include thirst, irritability and crying, dry lips and tongue, sunken fontanelle and eye sockets, and skin that slowly expands after being lifted and lowered. 5. If a child is listless, sleepy, and has infrequent bowel movements and is not suffering from fever, he or she should be sent to the hospital immediately.

5.How to prevent diarrhea?

1. Because children's gastrointestinal function is poor in summer and autumn, their diet should be nutritious but easy to digest, and taken at regular times and in regular amounts.

2. Drink more water and avoid eating raw, cold, and greasy food. Pay attention to food and drinking water hygiene to prevent contamination.

3. Keep your abdomen warm.

6. Observing the stool characteristics of infants and young children can help you understand their digestion condition.

If the baby's stool has a strong smell, it means that the protein is not digested properly. At this time, you should reduce the amount of milk appropriately or dilute the milk. If there is a lot of foam in the stool, it means that carbohydrates are not digested properly, and you must reduce or even stop feeding starchy foods. If the stool looks like cream, it indicates fat malabsorption and the intake of fatty foods should be reduced.