Drugs for treating diarrhea in children

In daily life, diarrhea in children is quite common. This phenomenon is a long way to go for parents. Every parent has the responsibility and obligation to let their children grow up healthily. Understanding the treatment of diarrhea in children is one of the necessary steps. What is the most effective way to treat diarrhea in children?

Commonly used drugs for treating diarrhea in children

1. Tetracycline

It has a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect and has a certain effect in treating infectious diarrhea. However, the use of tetracycline and similar drugs such as oxytetracycline, doxycycline, and minocycline in children under 8 years old can cause yellowing of permanent teeth, enamel hypoplasia, and bone growth inhibition, so children under 8 years old should avoid using such drugs.

2. Compound diphenoxylate

It is suitable for the treatment of acute and chronic functional diarrhea and chronic enteritis. Each tablet of this drug contains 2.5 mg of diphenoxylate hydrochloride and 0.025 mg of atropine sulfate. Diphenoxylate has a similar effect on the intestine as morphine, and can directly act on the intestinal smooth muscle, and the effect is also very strong. Due to the continuous reports of children being poisoned or even killed by the use of this drug at home and abroad, and because there is no unified standard for the dosage of this drug for children, it is forbidden to use it in infants under two years old, and it should be used with caution in children over two years old.

3. Norfloxacin

It has good curative effects on gastroenteritis and bacillary dysentery caused by pathogenic and toxigenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella, etc., and is widely used in clinical practice and well known to people. However, because this drug and its similar drugs may cause bone lesions, they are not suitable for children under 12 years old.

Basic principles of treating diarrhea in children

Enhanced care

Patients with intestinal infection should be disinfected and isolated, and their condition should be observed, including the frequency of vomiting and defecation, the amount and nature of stool, and urine volume. Children with mild vomiting should be fed with sugar water, rice soup or syrup with salt in time. Children who need intravenous rehydration should follow the plan to control the speed of rehydration and observe urine after rehydration.