How to check for mild breast milk diarrhea

How to check mild breast milk diarrhea? When it comes to breast milk diarrhea, many female friends who are breastfeeding may be familiar with it. Although this disease is not very common, it is still relatively common in life. So, how to check mild breast milk diarrhea? The following is a detailed introduction for everyone.

The examination for breast milk diarrhea mainly focuses on the baby's stool shape, color, smell, and mental state. Generally, for a physiological disease such as breast milk diarrhea, there is no need for auxiliary examinations, and the diagnosis can be made directly based on the symptoms.

In fact, breast milk diarrhea has obvious characteristics. This type of diarrhea usually causes 3-7 bowel movements a day. The stool is foamy and watery, has a special sour smell, is watery and slightly green, contains foam and milk curds, and sometimes even contains strips of transparent mucus. There is no fever during diarrhea, the baby does not have obvious pain or crying, and stool tests show no abnormalities in terms of infection.

Breast milk diarrhea generally has no other symptoms. The baby is lively and has a good appetite. Although the diarrhea lasts for a long time, the weight gain is about 300 every 10 days, and it is protracted. If the diarrhea lasts for a long time, it may lead to serious consequences such as growth stagnation and malnutrition, and timely treatment is required. Diarrhea is a common and frequently occurring disease in infants and young children. Regardless of the severity of the disease, it needs timely treatment. If a mild disease is not treated for a long time, it will develop into protracted diarrhea.

Diarrhea caused by breastfeeding may be due to the high content of prostaglandins in breast milk, which promotes the movement of small intestinal smooth muscles, increases the secretion of water and electrolytes, and produces loose stools. It may also be due to the child's lactose intolerance and the lack of lactase in the body. Lactose intolerance is divided into primary and secondary types. The lead acetate method can be used to measure the amount of lactose in the child's feces for initial screening, and then confirmed by the rapid effect of a lactose-free diet.

When so-called physiological breast milk diarrhea occurs, do not switch to milk feeding for the purpose of forming stools. The baby's body will gradually adapt to the prostaglandins in breast milk, and the lactase will gradually mature and the enzyme activity will increase, so it can decompose, digest and absorb lactose, and the condition will gradually improve with the addition of complementary foods.