Parents, please note! What are the symptoms of dehydration in babies?

Babies have low immunity, so they are particularly prone to dehydration symptoms, but many parents don’t know what symptoms of dehydration their babies have. Babies will show different symptoms of dehydration at different degrees, and generally, this can be discovered through the child’s emotional expression.

1. Mild symptoms

If the baby's eye sockets are not sunken, he sheds a lot of tears, his mouth is moist, and he drinks water normally, it means that he is not obviously dehydrated. In addition, if the baby's skin elasticity is very good, we can observe it ourselves at home.

2. General symptoms

The baby is more irritable and noisy, his eye sockets are slightly sunken, he sheds fewer tears than usual, his oral and lip mucosa are very dry, and he seems thirsty. If you feel the elasticity of his skin at this time, it will be relatively poor. This situation means that the child is somewhat dehydrated and should be treated according to the child's specific situation. If he is able to drink and not spit up, we can give him fluids at home. If he cannot drink water, vomits frequently, or his diarrhea does not improve or even worsens after two or three days of observation at home, or new symptoms appear (such as fever, bloody stools, etc.), you should see a doctor promptly.

3. Severe dehydration

The baby is already seriously dehydrated, with symptoms such as drowsiness, coma, noticeable sunken eye sockets, inability to close eyes when sleeping, no tears, abnormally dry mucous membranes in the mouth and tongue, and poor skin elasticity. At this time, he basically has no desire to drink water. We call this the early stage of shock. The condition is relatively serious and he must be rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.

4. Note

Mild dehydration can be alleviated by drinking adequate water. Severe dehydration can cause confusion, purple lips and extremities, and a weak pulse. Due to insufficient circulating blood volume and little or no urine production during dehydration, waste products produced by metabolism in the body cannot be excreted in time, leading to metabolic disorders in the human body, which is called acidosis. The main manifestations of acidosis are deep breathing and cherry-red lips.