Classification and management of diarrhea in infants

Date:2023-10-27

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Baby Diarrhea

NO.1

Viral diarrhea

Symptoms: fever, abdominal pain, upper respiratory tract infection, vomiting

Stool: watery

Care: Food is light and easy to digest

Treatment: Montmorillonite powder, probiotics, oral rehydration solution

NO.2

Bacterial diarrhea

Symptoms: nausea, abdominal pain, fever, loss of appetite

Stool: Loose stool, mucus, blood in stool in severe cases

Care: rehydrate, avoid dehydration, pay attention to diet hygiene

Treatment: Use antibiotics and other medications under the guidance of a doctor


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NO.3

Diarrhea caused by a cold or cold

Symptoms: Increased frequency of stool, abdominal pain

Stool: Stool with particles, sour odor

Care: Supplement probiotics, increase or decrease clothing,

Treatment: Treat colds in time

NO.4

Allergic diarrhea

Symptoms: Diarrhea, 6 months to 14 years of age patients may develop more serious systemic symptoms, such as eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis, anemia, developmental dystrophy.

Stool: mushy, severe can be watery, with mucus or blood

Nursing: avoid greasy food; Suspend or reduce the feeding amount of milk and goat milk, and choose hydrolyzed protein milk powder

Treatment: Do not blindly use diarrhea medicine, avoid contact with allergens

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NO.5

Lactose intolerant diarrhea

Symptoms: more diarrhea, abdominal "grunt" sound, total gas, easy to appear colic, the baby is easy to cry

Stool: yellow or turquoise loose stool

Care and Treatment:

1) Add lactose-free formula first, then gradually feed breast milk or ordinary milk powder, and increase the amount of lactose-containing milk according to tolerance.

2) Lactase can be added to assist digestion.

3) When lactose intolerant diarrhea occurs, you need to stop contact with lactose-containing foods, you can choose lactose-free formula milk powder, and older children can eat slightly heated yogurt.

4) Do not immediately add formula in accordance with the normal proportion after the recovery of diarrhea, you can dilute it first, and then increase it to the normal concentration when the baby's lactase activity is enhanced.

NO.6

Hunger diarrhea

Symptoms:

Frequent but small bowel movements

Stool: mostly yellow-green loose stool or brown mucus stool, containing milk cubes

Nursing: Adjust the diet structure and gradually increase the demand for milk powder feeders to the corresponding month segment


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Treatment: Oral rehydration salts prevent dehydration

Safety Tips:

1, if the baby has little diarrhea and no other symptoms, then take the stool to the hospital for testing, and do not take the baby to the hospital for the time being to prevent cross infection. (Take some liquid stool, put it in a clean, non-permeable box, or wrap it with plastic wrap, and send it to the hospital for examination and testing within 2 hours)

2, in addition to diarrhea, there are rash, high fever, stool more than 8 times and other symptoms, it is best to take him to the hospital for examination.

3, when the baby has dry lips, gray face, reduced urine volume and skin elasticity and other symptoms, should immediately go to the hospital.

4, all kinds of diarrhea in the treatment or home care at the same time, you can take probiotics to relieve diarrhea, shorten the course of the disease.


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