The main causes of diarrhea in children

You must understand the cause of diarrhea in children before you can treat it effectively. You should know the causes of diarrhea in children. Children under one year old are most likely to suffer physical damage. Mothers must pay attention to protecting them carefully. What are the factors that make children prone to diarrhea?

1. Rapid growth and development

The nutrients required are relatively more, and baby food is mainly liquid, so the amount taken in is large and the gastrointestinal burden is heavy.

2. The digestive system of infants and young children is not yet mature

The secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes is small, and the enzyme activity is low, which cannot adapt to large changes in food quality and quantity; infants and young children have vigorous water metabolism, and the daily water intake and excretion of infants under one year old accounts for 1/2 of the total body fluid volume (1/7 for adults). They have poor tolerance to dehydration and are prone to fluid disorders once they lose water; the nervous, endocrine, circulatory, liver, and kidney functions of infancy are immature, and digestive tract dysfunction is prone to occur.

Causes of diarrhea in children

3. Poor body defense function

① Infants have low stomach acid, fast gastric emptying, and weak ability to kill bacteria entering the stomach; ② Serum immunoglobulins (especially IgM and IgA) and gastrointestinal secretory IgA are both low.

4. Intestinal flora imbalance

Normal intestinal flora has an antagonistic effect on invading pathogenic microorganisms. When a newborn has not yet established normal intestinal flora after birth, when the intestinal environment is changed due to changes in diet, or when broad-spectrum antibiotics are abused, the balance of normal intestinal flora may be disturbed, resulting in intestinal infection.

In general, it is about the baby. What mothers worry about most is the baby's poor health. Now more and more babies are being hurt and we must stop it. How to do it is introduced above, and the baby will be happy.