What causes neonatal diarrhea?

What is the cause of neonatal diarrhea?

What is the cause of neonatal diarrhea? Nowadays, newborn babies are most vulnerable to the influence of the external environment and will get sick if they are not careful, so newborn mothers are worried and always want to take care of their babies with all their strength. So what is the cause of neonatal diarrhea? Let's take a look with me. What causes neonatal diarrhea? 1

There are too many reasons for infantile diarrhea, such as unhealthy diet, indigestion, or viral infection. If there are milk flaps in the baby's diarrhea, it is definitely diarrhea caused by indigestion. It is necessary to take food that promotes digestion, and at the same time, pay attention to stop giving the baby milk powder, and you can eat diarrhea milk powder.

In the season when the temperature changes greatly, the baby is particularly prone to diarrhea, because it is easy for the baby to catch a cold in this season, and diarrhea will occur after catching a cold. In addition, summer is also a high incidence of baby diarrhea, and the weather is hot in summer. At this time, if the baby's bottle is not disinfected in time, bacterial diarrhea will occur, and in severe cases, the baby will vomit.

Diarrhea for a long time is very easy to dehydrate. Parents should pay attention to supplementing normal saline to their baby after diarrhea, and pay attention to the baby's condition at the same time. Baby doesn't want to eat after diarrhea. If you haven't eaten complementary food, you should give the baby diarrhea milk powder to supplement nutrition, and be careful not to let the baby's navel catch cold. What is the cause of neonatal diarrhea? 2

What should I do if my baby always has diarrhea? 1. General therapy < P > If the baby is under 6 months old, it is breastfeeding and needs to continue breastfeeding; If it is not breast-feeding, you can continue to feed with the milk or dairy products that your baby eats every day, and the baby with mild symptoms can appropriately reduce the amount of milk sucked; If the baby is over 6 months old or has started to eat solid food, give some rice porridge or other starch mixed food. Families with conditions can add some vegetables, fish or minced meat, and add some vegetable oil every time they feed. Suggestions for general therapy:

(1) Fresh fruit juice or banana puree can be given to supplement potassium.

(2) Feed fresh food, which should be cooked, ground or mashed well.

(3) Encourage your baby to eat at least 6 times a day.

(4) After diarrhea stops, continue to feed the baby the above food, and add meals at least once a day for two weeks after diarrhea stops until the weight returns to normal.

2, liquid therapy

(1) Oral method: suitable for babies with mild dehydration or vomiting. The fluid replacement is calculated according to 1ml/day per kilogram of body weight, and taken in fractions.

(2) Intravenous rehydration method: it is suitable for children in moderate and hypertonic dehydration. However, if the baby has severe diarrhea, it is necessary to fast for 8-24 hours and rehydrate intravenously.

3, drug treatment

If children's diarrhea does not improve for 3 days or the following symptoms appear, they should go to the doctor with the sick child:

(1) Take water samples for many times.

(2) frequent vomiting.

(3) obviously thirsty.

(4) unable to eat normally.

(5) fever.

(6) bloody stool.

then take it according to the medicine prescribed by the doctor.

Symptoms of baby's diarrhea

If the frequency of baby's defecation increases and the color and characteristics of poop have changed greatly, then mothers should pay attention to it. Baby's diarrhea can be divided into mild diarrhea and severe diarrhea, and their symptoms are different.

Mild diarrhea: The baby's stool is yellow or green about 3-1 times a day, with a thin paste or egg drop soup, white or yellow-white breast flap or foam, sour taste and occasional nausea and vomiting. The baby is in a good mental state, with slight weight loss, normal body temperature, occasional low fever and no obvious dehydration symptoms. Most of these cases are non-bacterial diarrhea caused by improper eating, indigestion or catching cold.

Grasp the opportunity to seek medical treatment. Infants' diarrhea changes rapidly, and their tolerance is poor, so they should be treated with caution. If the baby has diarrhea for more than 3 days, and his condition is still not improved, and any of the following symptoms (increased frequency and amount of diarrhea, frequent vomiting, obvious thirst, abnormal diet, fever and bloody stool) appear, he should take the baby to the hospital immediately.

Severe diarrhea: The baby defecates frequently, defecating ten to dozens times a day, and the water in the stool increases, with occasional mucus, which is yellow or yellow-green, and has a foul smell. Those who do not change diapers in time often corrode the skin of buttocks, and the epidermis is peeled off and red. Low appetite, often accompanied by vomiting. Most of them have irregular low fever, and the severe ones have high fever. All these situations may be caused by bacterial infection. At this time, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible and take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor. Never take the medicine yourself.