Viral diarrhea in infants

Diarrhea is a very common disease. This type of disease also has some impact on human health. After such a problem occurs, it needs to be improved in time, so that the patient's body will be well protected. Many people don’t know what to do after such a problem occurs. Diarrhea can be treated with drugs, but for the treatment of infant viral diarrhea, the method selection cannot be arbitrary.

Infants are also prone to diarrhea, so when this happens, parents should immediately send their children to the hospital for treatment, so that the baby's body will be well protected. So how to treat infant viral diarrhea?

Viral diarrhea in infants:

Viral diarrhea has an acute onset. At the beginning, babies often have cold symptoms such as cough, runny nose, fever, sore throat, etc. The frequency of bowel movements increases, and they are accompanied by a fever, which can reach 38-40℃. When the disease occurs, the stool is watery or egg drop soup-like, with a small amount of mucus and no fishy smell. The stool test results are normal or contain a small amount of white blood cells. Due to frequent diarrhea and poor appetite, babies are prone to dehydration, and severe dehydration can lead to electrolyte imbalance. Because infants have relatively poor gastrointestinal function and low gastrointestinal resistance, they are easily infected by rotavirus, and the disease develops rapidly. Parents should pay attention to this disease.

To prevent viral diarrhea in infants, attention should be paid to the baby's diet and feeding. It is best to breastfeed, especially in the first six months and the first summer after the baby is born. Mothers should try to avoid weaning in the summer; the baby's tableware and bottles should be disinfected regularly to prevent diseases from entering the body through the mouth; feed the baby reasonably, do not be too full or too hungry, add complementary foods on time, add one complementary food at a time, and never add several complementary foods at the same time; if the baby has a poor appetite or early fever, the baby's milk and complementary foods should be reduced to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract; strengthen the baby's physical exercise to enhance the baby's resistance; the baby should have a balanced diet to avoid malnutrition, rickets and other diseases; do not take broad-spectrum antibiotics for a long time, which will cause the normal intestinal flora to be disturbed; the baby can be vaccinated.

After the occurrence of viral symptoms, parents should carefully care for their babies under the guidance of a doctor. There are some key points to note:

1. If the baby shows symptoms of dehydration, parents should go to the hospital for treatment in time, and the baby should be hospitalized or given intravenous treatment if necessary.

2. Appropriately reduce the number of feedings and feed some sugar and salt water to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract.

3. After the baby's diarrhea is relieved, he can eat some rice soup or diluted milk.

4. Babies should be allowed to rest more and avoid going to public places to avoid infection.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the treatment of infant viral diarrhea. However, it should be noted that after the baby has diarrhea, the food choices for the baby should be mainly easy-to-digest food. And it should be noted that the baby must actively cooperate with the treatment so that the baby can recover.