What tests should be done for diarrhea in children

There are fewer children in the family nowadays, and children are the treasures of their parents. Sometimes, children are spoiled by their parents. Diarrhea can easily occur if they do not eat properly. Parents should not worry too much about children's diarrhea. They should first understand the cause and go to the hospital for examination. You can learn about the examination methods.

Laboratory tests for diarrhea in children:

1. Routine stool examination, intestinal flora analysis, stool acidity, reducing sugar and bacterial culture.

2. Duodenal fluid examination: analyze the pH value, trypsin, chymotrypsin, enterokinase and serum trypsinogen to determine the protein digestion and absorption function, measure the lipase and bile salt concentrations in the duodenal fluid to understand the digestion and absorption of fat, and also perform bacterial culture and parasite egg detection.

3. Small intestinal mucosal biopsy is the most reliable method to understand the pathophysiological changes of chronic diarrhea. If necessary, protein, carbohydrate and fat absorption function tests, X-ray, colonoscopy and other examinations can also be performed for comprehensive analysis and judgment.

During diagnosis, pay attention to finding the cause and exclude diarrhea caused by infection outside the digestive tract. First, understand the feeding situation, history of unclean food, history of disease contact, and disinfection of food and tableware from the medical history to distinguish infectious from non-infectious diarrhea. Secondly, pay attention to the season and region of onset. Diarrhea in northern my country from March to July is mostly caused by Escherichia coli, while cases from August to December are mostly caused by viruses. If conditions permit, stool culture, electron microscopy or virus isolation should be performed.

Nowadays, babies are prone to diarrhea. There are many reasons for diarrhea and various symptoms, so there are many ways to check for diarrhea. After the baby has diarrhea, parents should take the baby to check in time so that timely symptomatic treatment can help the baby recover sooner.