How to arrange diet for children with diarrhea? Four misunderstandings about diarrhea should be avoided

What are the dietary treatments for pediatric diarrhea? In daily life, what effect does lotus root porridge have on pediatric diarrhea? The following is an introduction to the treatment of pediatric diarrhea, hoping to help everyone.

How to arrange diet for children with diarrhea:

It is a good thing to still be breastfed when you are sick. The baby can eat whenever he wants without too many taboos. If he has been eating milk powder, you can switch to diarrhea milk powder. But not all babies accept the taste of diarrhea milk powder. If the baby does not eat it, you can only choose to feed the baby diluted formula milk. You can add water and milk powder from small to large amounts according to the baby's illness and digestion.

The diet other than milk is basically based on the development of diarrhea, following the rule of "rice soup -> thick rice soup -> thin porridge -> normal rice porridge -> add complementary food -> rice/noodles". Complementary food can be added later before adding meat that is not easy to digest. Pay attention to the baby's digestion. When appropriate, you can use a blender to grind the ingredients (for example, crush the rice to make thick rice soup or rice porridge);

Pay attention to fluid replacement.

What misunderstandings should be avoided in treating diarrhea in children

Seeking medical advice in desperation

Some parents try all kinds of medical treatments in a hurry. They go to this hospital today, but when they see that the baby's diarrhea does not stop immediately, they go to another hospital tomorrow. They change to another antibiotic after just using one antibiotic, resulting in excessive and complicated use of antibiotics. This is not only not conducive to the treatment of diarrhea, but can cause antibiotic-induced diarrhea, making diarrhea more difficult to treat, and thus leading to a prolonged course of the disease.

Immediately stop vomiting and diarrhea

Almost most babies have experienced diarrhea, especially younger babies. Seeing their babies vomiting and having diarrhea, parents are extremely anxious and wish that their babies would get better immediately. So when they hear of any good prescription for treating diarrhea, they give it to their babies immediately, or ask the doctor to stop the diarrhea immediately after sending them to the hospital. However, instead of getting better, the babies’ diarrhea becomes more and more difficult to stop, and they may not recover even after several months.

Use antibiotics for diarrhea

Some parents give their babies antibiotics as soon as they see their babies have diarrhea. This is another misunderstanding. In fact, 80% of infant diarrhea is caused by viral infection and indigestion, and only a small number of cases are caused by bacterial infection. Antibiotics are ineffective against viruses, but have some side effects, such as deafness, kidney damage, severe allergic reactions, and norfloxacin also affects the development of cartilage in children. In particular, autumn diarrhea, which is common in infants, is caused by rotavirus. If antibiotics are used at this time, not only will the diarrhea not be cured, but it will also kill the normal flora in the intestine, causing flora disorders and aggravating diarrhea. For some non-infectious diarrhea caused by weather changes or improper feeding, it is best to use some intestinal mucosal protective agents, and antibiotics must not be used.

Feeding juice to babies with diarrhea to supplement potassium ions

Fruit juice contains high concentrations of fructose or sorbitol, but some children have poor tolerance and digestion ability for fruit sugars. A large amount of sugars accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, which is very easy for bacteria to multiply rapidly, causing gastrointestinal bloating, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Among them, apple juice is the most dangerous because it is rich in both fructose and sorbitol. After entering the gastrointestinal tract, these juices will absorb a large amount of water in the body into the gastrointestinal tract, causing vomiting or diarrhea, further worsening the dehydration that may have been caused by diarrhea.

Diet therapy for diarrhea in children

Lotus root porridge:

raw material:

250 grams of old lotus root, 100 grams of polished rice, and 60 grams of white sugar.

Production:

First scrape the lotus root clean and cut it into thin slices, then wash the glutinous rice, put them into the pot and cook them into porridge with water. When it is cooked, add sugar and cook until done.

Kind tips:

Lotus root is cool in nature, sweet and slightly astringent, contains tannins and asparagine, has good astringent and hemostatic effects, and can clear away heat, promote the production of body fluids, cool blood and stop bleeding. It can be used to treat children with spleen deficiency, chronic diarrhea, and blood in the stool.

Yam, Lotus Seed and Rice Porridge:

Chinese yam has the effect of strengthening the spleen and kidney, and lotus seeds also have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is suitable for diarrhea that lasts for a long time and contains undigested milk curds and food in the stool. Wash and peel 30 grams of Chinese yam, cut into thin slices or small dices, wash 20 grams of lotus seeds, soak them for 2 hours, cook porridge with 100 grams of polished rice, and take it in the morning and evening.