How to prevent diarrhea in children

In daily life, many babies will have symptoms of diarrhea, which seriously harms the health of the children. Therefore, we must pay attention to the occurrence of this disease, do some prevention work on pediatric diarrhea, and learn more about the prevention measures of this disease. So how to avoid the onset of pediatric diarrhea?

Prevention of diarrhea in children:

1. Pay attention to food hygiene. As the saying goes, diseases come from the mouth. Summer is the season for the breeding of pathogens. Develop good hygiene habits, especially pay attention to food and drinking water hygiene. In addition, do not leave baby food for too long in hot weather, try to feed your baby fresh food, etc.

2. Develop a good diet. Babies under 1 year old can eat 5 meals a day, including three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, with two snacks or fruits in between. Babies over 1 year old can eat 4 meals a day, including three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, with one snack or fruit in between. Overfeeding, underfeeding and irregular feeding can lead to digestive system disorders and diarrhea. Do not overeat.

3. Try not to use bottles, but use bowls and spoons to feed milk instead, because bottles are easily contaminated and difficult to clean and disinfect, especially rubber nipples, which are easily contaminated by bacteria and cause diarrhea in children. It is best to discard the leftover milk to avoid spoilage. At the same time, parents should pay attention to adding or removing clothes for their children at any time according to weather changes to prevent the baby's abdomen from catching a cold.

Dietary treatment for diarrhea in children:

Babies have weak constitutions, and a healthy diet is the basis for their growth. Diarrhea in children is common, and correct diet therapy is a good way to treat diarrhea. Diet therapy has no side effects and is effective. Diarrhea in children is a disease caused by multiple pathogens and multiple causes. Most of the patients are babies under 2 years old, and babies aged 6-11 months are particularly susceptible. Diet therapy can strengthen the spleen and stomach, stop diarrhea, and prevent dehydration. The dietary treatment method for diarrhea in children is mainly based on rice, and carrots and yam are generally used. If there are eczema, damp-heat diarrhea and other phenomena of moisture that cannot be transformed, put coix seed, indigestion can be put hawthorn, and long-term sick and weak babies can put astragalus. These things can be cooked into porridge and drunk as water. After adding complementary foods, you can eat the contents. It should be beneficial to your health to use various formulas for long-term diet therapy, and don't always consider taking medicine.

In addition, children should eat more rice, coix seed, carrots, yam and other foods. This is because rice is used as the basis of diet therapy, and it is mild in nature. It can harmonize stomach qi, replenish spleen deficiency, and harmonize the five internal organs. Coix seed kernel can strengthen the spleen and stomach, and its nature and flavor are sweet and slightly cold. It can promote water and dampness, eliminate rheumatism, clear away heat and discharge pus, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. It is effective for the symptoms of dampness (damp-heat diarrhea, eczema, etc.). It is slightly cold in nature, so it is not suitable for long-term consumption. Carrots are rich in nutrients, sweet and spicy in nature, slightly warm, non-toxic, and enter the lung and spleen meridians. Children who often drink it can moisten the lungs and stop coughs, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. Yam has the effects of strengthening the spleen, removing dampness, benefiting the lungs and strengthening the kidneys, and benefiting essence and qi. It is mild and nourishing. If a child catches a cold, white pepper can also be used externally. It is best to buy white peppercorns and crush them yourself. It can prevent colds and diarrhea caused by cold, and corresponds to wind-cold diarrhea, colds, indigestion, dysentery and other symptoms. Diarrhea in children is common and there is no specific medicine for it. This is mainly because the gastrointestinal tract is not yet fully developed. There is no need to worry too much about diarrhea, especially in children under 6 months old. In most cases, conditioning methods rather than drug treatment are used to reduce the suffering of the baby and avoid persistent diarrhea caused by improper treatment.

After clearly understanding the relevant knowledge, we have a particularly clear understanding of the methods that can prevent diarrhea in children. Diarrhea can seriously damage the gastrointestinal health of children and make the baby very painful. We must be vigilant about the occurrence of diarrhea in children and learn more about the prevention methods of diarrhea in children.