Diagnosis of diarrhea in children

Mothers worry when their children are sick, so how do parents diagnose diarrhea? The differential diagnosis of pediatric diarrhea is divided into four aspects. Parents must analyze and treat the baby in time according to the symptoms. Let the editor and everyone learn about it together, hoping it will be helpful to everyone.

Differential diagnosis method for pediatric diarrhea, the following four methods hope to be helpful to your baby!

1. Bacillary dysentery

Infants often have atypical symptoms, with less tenesmus or bloody stools, but often have a history of contact with bacillary dysentery, early onset of neurological symptoms, anal relaxation, and stool microscopy showing more pus cells, red blood cells, and macrophages. If necessary, stool bacterial culture should be performed for identification.

2. Acute necrotic enteritis

The symptoms of poisoning are severe, including abdominal distension, abdominal pain, fever, and frequent vomiting. The stool is yellow and watery or egg drop soup-like, and the fecal occult blood is strongly positive. Gradually, dark red paste or "red bean soup"-like watery stools appear. It has a foul smell, and severe cases often go into shock. Abdominal X-rays show localized dilatation of the small intestine, increased intestinal space, and gas accumulation in the intestinal wall.

3. Hunger diarrhea

It is seen in infants who are underfed for a long time, with frequent bowel movements, less feces, more mucus, green color, alkali reaction, and no white blood cells. It can be cured by nutritional supplementation.

4. Physiological diarrhea

It is more common in infants under 6 months old with weak liver. Their stools are yellow-green and loose, and the frequency is frequent, 45 times a day or more. Their mental state is good, and their growth and development are not affected. They often recover naturally in the process of adding supplementary food.

I hope the above introduction will be helpful to babies with diarrhea. When diarrhea occurs, the most important thing is to understand the factors that cause diarrhea and use timely treatment and medication according to the symptoms!