Abnormal stool in children and its treatment

This paper will introduce the abnormal situation of children's stool and its treatment methods to help parents better understand children's health.

Egg drop soup stool

Stool 5 ~ 10 times a day, which can contain more undigested milk lumps, generally without mucus, indicating indigestion, which is more common in children who eat milk or milk powder.

Green thin stool

Most of them occur after the weather changes, catching cold or eating indigestible food, and the frequency of defecation is 5 ~ 10 times a day.

watery stool

More common in autumn and winter, mostly caused by enterovirus infection. The frequency of children's stool is more than 10 times a day, which is watery and large. Because children lose a lot of water, they often get dehydrated, such as dry mouth, sunken eyes, little or no tears, little or no urine, poor skin elasticity and so on. Children may also have symptoms such as listlessness, spitting milk, and not eating milk. They should see a doctor as soon as possible and pay attention to the disinfection of baby utensils such as pacifiers.

Mucous or purulent feces

More common in hot weather such as summer, mostly caused by bacterial infection. You should also see a doctor as soon as possible.

Dark brown foamy stool

More common in artificially fed babies, caused by too much starch or sugar in food (such as too much sugar in milk powder, premature addition of rice soup and other grains, etc.). ), and can be returned to normal by properly adjusting the diet structure.

Oily stool

Feces are light yellow, liquid, abundant, shiny like oil, and can slide on diapers or bedpans like oil beads, indicating that there is too much fat in food. This situation is more common in artificially fed children, and it is necessary to adjust the diet structure, such as appropriately increasing sugar or temporarily changing to low-fat milk (note that low-fat milk cannot be eaten as a normal diet for a long time).

constipation

More common in artificially fed babies, mostly caused by hot weather, excessive sweating and too little drinking water. The child has difficulty defecating, and the stool is very dry and granular, often only once every few days, and the child will also have symptoms such as bloating and anxiety.