To determine the extent of infantile diarrhea with dehydration

Infantile diarrhea in addition to the impact of the body’s absorption of nutrients, it will also consume their stored nutrients, especially long-term chronic diarrhea may be due to increasing consumption in favor of malnutrition.

In addition, diarrhea when intestinal viscosity due to a direct impact on the water absorption, compounded by changes in osmotic pressure within the lumen, so that the blood in the water transfer to the intestine and finally discharged from the stool, so to make the body lose a lot of water. If the water loss does not exceed 5% of body weight, the body can compensate; if more than 5%, you can not, the body will undergo a series of functions the rate of chaos phenomenon, which is often said that the dehydration. Children under the water level of the body lose water, the dehydration can be divided into three degrees, mild, moderate and severe.

Mild dehydration

Is the weight of water, 5% of 9 per kilogram body weight of approximately 50 ml). As the body of water reduced, children will be a little thirsty, crying, along the tears, there is urine, check the children see the good in general is good, two orbital slightly collapse, Nieqi abdomen or thigh skin retraction is still Fast.

Moderate dehydration

Is the weight of water is about 5% -10% (50-100 ml per kg body weight). Out of children with irritability, bowel; the longing to drink water, water everywhere to find the baby pacifier, bottle, if would be desperately sucking; cry less when you tears, urine output and frequency is also reduced; check see children with two orbital subsidence, tongue dry, Nieqi abdominal and thigh skin retraction slow.

Severe dehydration

Is the quantity of water for more than 10% of body weight (100-120 ml per kilogram of body weight), children now under extreme emotional atrophy, lethargy and even coma; I drink very serious, no tears when crying out, urine output and urinary frequency significantly fewer .

Check see children with two sockets marked subsidence, the tongue is very dry; Nieqi abdominal and thigh skin retraction is slow. When the parents found that children born dehydration due to diarrhea, the first Qing oral supplement for children with salts, and promptly send children to the hospital for treatment.