Cause of neonatal diarrhea

The baby was born only a few days actually diarrhea, and a small little Mom Dad also pained also anxious, but also can not help but deeply self-blame: “I do not put all blame jewelry shop to take care of:” In actual fact, of course, to take care of newborn babies diarrheal ill – But there are objective factors that the original exists, so a small little Mom or Dad first described the “blame” on one side, look for causes of diarrhea in babies and make the necessary bar!

 Reason 1: physiological loose stools

 Under the definition of diarrhea in the baby before the baby should be considered the first really got “diarrhea.” As the normal neonatal bowel function is not yet sound different feeding baby stool there are also significant differences, so more than stool frequency occurs when the baby, and loose stools and other “diarrhea” performance, it may not yet concluded that baby got “diarrhea” . If breast-feeding newborns, big day, you can go up 7-8 times, and even 10-12 times, stool usually more thin, if the baby’s spirit is good, feeding good, normal weight gain, you do not have to worry about. Of course, artificial feeding of babies, such as the stool more than 5 times a day, or appear in the stool like a nose-like mucus, or contain a lot of water, it is timely to find experts in examination and treatment.

 Symptoms: breast-fed newborns, daily stool frequency greater than the thin, yellow. Baby energetic, feeding normal, normal weight gain.

 Countermeasures: rational feeding, intensive care and pay attention to your baby’s spirit, appetite, weight changes, are exempt from such treatment. If the suspect is true diarrhea, should consider the following reasons, or specialist treatment in a timely manner.

 Reason 2: improper feeding

 Too thick to newborns fed formula, milk powder is not suitable, milk powder in sugar, milk too cold, or too early to add the rice cereal and other starchy foods are easily lead to neonatal food plot, which led to baby diarrhea.

 Symptoms: diarrhea, stool containing foam, with a sour or rotten smell, and sometimes mixed with indigestion particulate matter and mucus. Often accompanied by vomiting, crying.

 Solution: correct the unscientific method of feeding. If the symptoms do not improve, should go to hospital for treatment.

 Reason 3: The milk allergy

 100 babies are 2-7 people would be allergic to milk proteins, such symptoms occur more than we do 2-3 month-old baby. Hereditary allergies are more prone to neonatal milk protein allergy symptoms right.

 Symptoms: Use milk or formula feeding after refractory, non-infectious diarrhea more than two weeks, large can be mixed with mucus and bloodshot eyes, with skin, eczema, urticaria, wheezing and other symptoms.

 Solution: According to a doctor’s prescription to a newborn special formula feeding.

 Cause 4: cold

 In the baby’s cold is often accompanied by diarrhea, therefore, as long as the fundamental culprit of causing diarrhea – common cold cure, diarrhea, also naturally. Cured. If you worry that your baby will appear dehydration symptoms, should be properly given oral rehydration.

 Symptoms: cold, diarrhea.

 Countermeasures: intensified treatment of common cold, prevent dehydration.

 Cause 5: a virus or bacterial infection

 Due to a virus or bacterial infection caused by diarrhea is the most representative of intestinal rotavirus infection. Rotavirus diarrhea in infants in autumn and winter is a major pathogen. Caused by rotavirus diarrhea, diarrhea in children autumn and winter about 70% -80%, so people often call it the autumn diarrhea. Two infants under the age of incidence of up to, especially the 6-month-old baby -7. Highly contagious, can in the family, child care and paediatrics ward epidemic. When accompanied by vomiting and fever onset, if not a timely manner, there may be symptoms of dehydration, so be extra attention.

 Symptoms: yellow stool diluted in water or egg soup-like, and high quantity, no pus and blood, you should consider rotavirus infection. If the stool containing mucus sepsis, bacterial enteritis should be considered. Is often associated with vomiting and fever.

 Solution: Do not hesitate to look for specialist treatment.

 Warm reminder: Small Mom Dad should pay special attention to the small treasure jewelry shop cleaning, regular cleaning your baby’s little PP, of course, processed baby’s stool should also wash their hands, to prevent bacteria infection.