prevention and treatment of Infant diarrhea in summer
The hot summer months the infant gastrointestinal tract disease, high season. Children with stool thin several times to dozens of times a day, some with pus and blood, often accompanied by Tu Nai, fever, abdominal distension, irritability, seriously affect the baby’s health, the need for timely treatment.
Because the vast majority of baby diarrhea can be treated at home, so parents understand the summer diarrhea prevention knowledge, it is particularly important.
Easy to cause diarrhea in the summer baby
Development of premature babies gastrointestinal tract, gastric acid lower than adults, coupled with summer drink beverages, diluted juice, sterilization reduced ability.
Baby a variety of digestive enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract than adults, less is not conducive to the digestion of food; the hot weather, so that digestive juice and enzyme secretion decreased more likely to cause indigestion and diarrhea.
The rapid growth and development of infants and young children need relatively more nutrients than adult intake of nutrients also be subject to the digestive tract to digest and absorb, their burden will be heavier.
Hot summer days, bacterial growth and reproduction is easy, combined with the cold PICKLES eat more, an increase of gastrointestinal tract infection.
Types of baby diarrhea
Non-infectious diarrhea: mostly mild diarrhea, stool was expressed as a paste, with a sour smell, there is no pus and blood mucus, daily bowel movement is less than 10 times, dehydration symptoms were not evident. Multi-tone from the diet, causing indigestion.
Infectious diarrhea: stool was watery, and high quantity, often with mucus, and even sepsis, daily defecation more than 10 times, accompanied by vomiting, dehydration, abdominal distention, fever, irritability, or lassitude. Multi caused by bacteria.
How to treat baby diarrhea
Diarrhea, dehydration in the summer easy baby. Of mild to moderate diarrhea, oral rehydration method can be generally used. The current World Health Organization-recommended oral rehydration salts are the most economical, convenient and scientific rehydration method. Bag with an appropriate proportion of sugar, salt and soda, taking 250 ml, when washed with warm water half a pack, patiently to scoop a spoonful to feed the next baby, you can receive intravenous rehydration the same effect. Oral rehydration may also be made that, in 500 ml of warm water by adding 1.75 grams fine salt (equivalent to half the bottle of beer) and sugar 10 grams (equivalent to 2 tsp).
Although part of the summer of diarrhea caused by bacteria, but there are about half of them caused by viruses and other reasons, so the latter causes of diarrhea should not abuse antibiotics, as antibiotics become ineffective, but will kill the normal intestinal flora, resulting in flora disturbance, but increased diarrhea. Parents can try some eco-agents, such agents can give support to the growth of normal intestinal bacteria, so as to achieve the role of inhibiting bacteria. If the diarrhea caused by bacteria, not unauthorized use of antibiotics, the need for hospitalization.
In addition, Chinese medicine can be used in summer baby diarrhea treatment, pairs of alpine-type diarrhea, performance thin paste or water-like stool, urine clear color, pink tongue, moss Baini are available rugosa 10 grams, 10 grams of wear blue, herb 10 grams, 10 grams Atractylodes, myrobalan 5 grams, 5 grams of meat, fruit, Jiantang suits; another way for the damp-heat type, expressed as stool odor, there is mucus, can be accompanied by fever, thirst, dark urine, tongue quality red. 10 grams of available baicalin, berberine 3 grams, 10 grams of Pueraria simmer, myrobalan 10 grams, plantain 12 grams, Jiantang service. Chinese patent medicines in children can choose the spleen Ke-hsin, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi liquid and so on.
How to prevent baby diarrhea
To promote breastfeeding, it is because breast milk nutritious, easily digested and absorbed, breast milk also contains immune globulin, can prevent the bacteria invade intestinal mucosa, with anti-infection ability. Breast-feeding are more health, less susceptible to bacterial contamination.
Should pay attention to food hygiene, infant feeding bottles and utensils used in regular disinfection, cleaning cloth covered when not in use. Because the bottle easily contaminated, we should try to replace the water cups and bowls spoon bottle. Hot summer days, do not place too long, infant foods, the best cook eat. Always wash hands before eating babies.
Since diarrhea can cause diaper dermatitis and urinary tract infections, so every time after the baby’s stool should be promptly changed diapers, and use warm water washing the anus and buttocks. Baby in the summer can be properly exposed to the buttocks, and the buttocks buttocks ointment painted some care.