What are the symptoms of diarrhea in children?

What causes diarrhea in children is also a concern for families. I believe many people are very familiar with diarrhea in children. Many babies have suffered the harm and damage caused by diarrhea. This disease is also prone to recurrence. In order to avoid the harm of diarrhea in children, it is necessary to prevent diarrhea in children in time. Let's learn about it together!

Clinical manifestations of diarrhea in children

1. Diarrhea stages

1. Acute diarrhea lasts less than 2 weeks.

2. Persistent diarrhea lasting from 2 weeks to 2 months.

3. Chronic diarrhea lasting for more than 2 months.

2. Diarrhea classification

1. Diarrhea: It is divided into two types according to the severity: mild (simple diarrhea) and severe (toxic diarrhea).

(1) Mild diarrhea: mostly caused by dietary factors or extraintestinal infection, or caused by intestinal viruses or non-invasive bacteria. Mainly gastrointestinal symptoms, the number of bowel movements per day is usually less than 10 times, and in a few cases it can reach more than ten times. The amount of stool each time is not much, thin or watery, yellow, and sour. White or yellowish-white milk curds (soap blocks) and foam are common, and may be mixed with a small amount of mucus. Generally, there is no fever or the fever is not high, accompanied by loss of appetite, occasional galactorrhea or vomiting, no obvious systemic symptoms, good spirits, no dehydration symptoms, and most patients recover within a few days.

(2) Severe diarrhea is often caused by intestinal infection

1) Gastrointestinal symptoms: frequent diarrhea, 10 to 30 times per day or more, with more water and less stool, or more watery stool mixed with mucus, accompanied by abdominal distension and vomiting.

2) Dehydration: The degree of dehydration is divided into three degrees: mild, moderate and severe. The nature of dehydration: isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic. Dehydration is generally divided into three degrees: Mild dehydration: The amount of water lost is about 5% of body weight (50ml/kg). The spirit is slightly worse, the skin is dry and slightly less elastic, the eye sockets and anterior fontanelles are slightly sunken, tears appear when crying, the oral mucosa is slightly dry, and the urine volume is slightly reduced.

The above is an explanation of the prevention of pediatric diarrhea. Let's learn more about it. In order to avoid the harm caused by pediatric diarrhea, it is necessary to prevent pediatric diarrhea in time, do a good job of hygiene and strengthen exercise, so that the baby's diarrhea disease stays away from you!