What are the treatment principles for breast milk diarrhea?

What are the treatment principles for breast milk diarrhea? Breast-fed babies have more bowel movements than formula-fed babies, ranging from 4 to 10 times a day. The stools of breast milk diarrhea are mostly foamy and watery, sometimes containing milk curds, sometimes green, and sometimes strips of transparent mucus with a special sour smell. So, what are the treatment principles for breast milk diarrhea?

Mild physiological diarrhea does not require treatment and breastfeeding can continue. In this way, the baby's body will gradually adapt to the prostaglandins in breast milk, and the lactase will gradually mature, the activity of the enzyme will increase, and it will gradually be able to decompose, digest and absorb lactose, and gradually improve with the addition of complementary food. In terms of diet, you can feed 100 ml of fresh soy milk with 5 grams of glucose instead of milk, and physiological diarrhea can be controlled.

In addition, it should be reminded that in cases of secondary lactose intolerance, it is best to supplement with probiotics while taking lactase, because secondary lactose intolerance itself indicates that the intestines are damaged. Similarly, no matter what the reason for the use of antibiotics, it is also best to supplement with probiotics, because antibiotics will kill "good bacteria" while killing "bad bacteria". Supplementing with probiotics can prevent bacterial imbalance.

Severe breast milk diarrhea should be treated. In this case, Chinese medicine can be used for treatment. For example, Jianpi Zhixie capsules can be used. The dosage varies according to age. The medicine in the capsule can be removed and taken after washing. Acupuncture can also be used for treatment, which is very effective.

Breast milk diarrhea is not common in real life. When diarrhea occurs, mothers should learn to use the elimination method. First, rule out the possibility of disease, and then decide how to deal with it according to the severity of the diarrhea. In many cases, the baby just has frequent bowel movements, but the stool characteristics and baby condition are normal, so this does not need to be treated. If the stool characteristics change significantly and the frequency is too frequent, the above methods can be used for conditioning. Diarrhea caused by breast milk will improve as the baby's gastrointestinal development matures and complementary foods are added.

In addition, be careful not to cover the nipple of the child. After each breast is basically empty, if you continue to suck, the fat content in the milk will increase, which is easy to cause fat indigestion. It is recommended to suck when you want to suck, and stop when you don’t want to suck. Each time for about 10 minutes, the full breast can be basically sucked empty.