What to do if your child has diarrhea

Diarrhea in children is a relatively common phenomenon. There are many reasons for diarrhea, such as poor diet, children catching a cold, and if the child is bottle-fed, changing milk powder at this time may also cause diarrhea. At this time, the child should be hydrated in time to avoid electrolyte imbalance in the child. Also, pay attention to keeping warm and try to breastfeed. If the child is bottle-fed, you can feed skim milk.

What to do if your child has diarrhea

1. What should parents do if their baby has persistent diarrhea?

In addition to going to a regular hospital for treatment, the amount of feeding must be shortened to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.

2. How to replenish water for children who are dehydrated by diarrhea?

For children under 2 years old, supplement 50ML~100ML of oral solution each time, and the daily intake should be greater than 500ML.

Children over 2 years old should drink as much water as possible, with daily intake of more than 1000ML or even more.

3. Children with diarrhea are prone to damage to the skin around the anus. How to prevent this?

Diapers must be changed frequently, and the buttocks must be cleaned with clean water and dried.

4. Can mothers give medicine to their babies on their own?

Be careful when using medications. If used improperly, they will kill the normal flora in the intestines and aggravate diarrhea.

5. Parents should always carefully observe the development of their baby's condition:

Depending on the baby's condition, medicines with the effects of digesting food and eliminating accumulation, dispersing wind and cold, clearing away heat and dampness, strengthening the spleen and warming the kidney are used, such as cloves, cinnamon, kudzu root, evodia rutaecarpa, atractylodes, yam, and poria. You can also use external medications. Apply a Dinggui navel patch to the child's navel every day for 3-5 days, and use oral medications at the same time.

Causes of diarrhea in children

It is mainly caused by improper feeding and eating disorders. If there is insufficient breast milk or the baby is bottle-fed, or if the baby is fed too much porridge and paste too early, the excessive carbohydrates can cause fermentation and produce digestive disorders. Failure to add complementary foods on time and suddenly increasing food before weaning or changing food composition can cause digestive disorders and diarrhea due to the inability to adapt. Diarrhea can also be caused by irregular feeding, or excessive food or excessive cold food that affects the gastrointestinal digestive function.

Autumn diarrhea: The peak incidence of rotavirus diarrhea is from October to February of the following year. Rotavirus outbreaks are more likely to occur in dry and cold seasons. Because the local immunity and intestinal digestive system of infants and young children aged 6 months to 2 years are not fully developed, they are easily infected by rotavirus and develop diarrhea. Dinggui Umbilical Patch utilizes the physiological characteristics of the strong absorption function of the child's umbilical cord. It uses a unique method of sticking it to the navel to strengthen the spleen and stomach, treat diarrhea, and aid digestion. It regulates the gastrointestinal tract as a whole, which not only avoids the pain of injections and medication, but also promotes the child's gastrointestinal health. It is of far-reaching significance to the child's physical and mental health.