What are the symptoms of diarrhea in children?

Children often become dehydrated when they have severe diarrhea, so parents should not be careless when their children have diarrhea. Parents should be fully aware of the symptoms of diarrhea in children. Parents should take their children to see a doctor in time if they find that their children have diarrhea. The following is a detailed introduction to the symptoms of diarrhea in children.

The initial symptoms of diarrhea in children are often not diarrhea, but vomiting. And this vomiting has a characteristic of vomiting that represents the symptoms of diarrhea in children. That is, no matter what the baby eats or drinks, he will suddenly vomit it all out within a few minutes. When this symptom occurs, parents should observe carefully to see if the baby is about to have diarrhea.

The symptoms of diarrhea in children often have some common manifestations, such as: the frequency of bowel movements in children increases, more than 3 times a day; the stool is thin or watery; infectious diarrhea, the baby often has a fever, usually 37-38 degrees; if the child cannot speak, he will cry and refuse to eat. When the baby is older, he will express his stomach pain and be in a low mood.

Of course, in addition to the above common symptoms of pediatric diarrhea, the symptoms of pediatric diarrhea can vary depending on whether it is mild diarrhea or severe diarrhea. In other words, you can judge whether the child has mild diarrhea or severe diarrhea based on the following symptoms of pediatric diarrhea.

Mild diarrhea: Children have bowel movements more than 3 times a day, but no more than 10 times. The stool is mostly yellow or yellow-green in color, often in a thin paste or egg drop soup-like state, with a slightly sour smell. Although the baby has diarrhea, his mental state is still OK, and there is no obvious dehydration phenomenon such as dry mouth, poor skin elasticity, sunken eye sockets, and less urine.

Severe diarrhea: In addition to defecating more than 10 times a day, the stool is not watery or mushy but watery or egg drop soup-like with a lot of water. The child also frequently vomits and has a high fever. The baby is listless and has obvious dehydration symptoms such as dry mouth, poor skin elasticity, sunken eye sockets, and less urine.

Parents and friends, do you understand the symptoms of diarrhea in children? Children's immunity and self-recovery ability are not as good as those of adults, so if children have diarrhea, it is best to seek medical treatment in time.