How to diagnose diarrhea in children

Does the baby have diarrhea? I know that there are people who want to know whether the baby has diarrhea. How can you tell whether the baby has diarrhea? Blind treatment is not necessary, which is not helpful for the disease. So you don't understand the impact on the child, and it is also very bad for the condition. So let's take a look at the detailed introduction to this.

Mild diarrhea: stools are about 3 to 10 times a day, yellow or yellow-green, thin and mushy or egg drop soup-like, with a sour and smelly smell, and occasional nausea and vomiting. The child is in good spirits and has no obvious dehydration symptoms such as dry mouth, sunken eye sockets, less urine, and poor skin elasticity.

Severe diarrhea: It is caused by pathogenic E. coli or virus infection, and can also be transformed from mild diarrhea. The frequency of bowel movements is generally more than 10 to 15 times a day, and the stool is watery or egg drop soup-like, with a lot of water, often accompanied by frequent vomiting, mental depression, high fever, abdominal distension, and obvious dehydration symptoms.

In addition, some breast milk nutrients that exceed the baby's needs and digestive function can also cause diarrhea in babies. This type of diarrhea is called "physiological diarrhea." Babies with "physiological diarrhea" defecate several times or even more than ten times a day. The amount of stool may not be large every day, and generally there is no special fishy smell. Parents should understand that this type of diarrhea does not affect their normal growth and development and does not require special treatment.

Diarrhea caused by rotavirus is also called "autumn diarrhea", which is mostly prevalent in August, September and October. It mostly affects children under 3 years old. It often starts suddenly, with light yellow watery stools, large amounts, no stickiness, no fishy smell. It is often accompanied by upper respiratory tract infections, such as coughing, runny nose, etc., and sometimes accompanied by fever. "Autumn diarrhea" has a short course and will heal naturally in about 3 to 8 days.

Many adults don't know how to tell whether the baby has diarrhea. Compared with the harm of the disease, the severity of diarrhea symptoms for babies is different. So the early stage is not necessarily the most serious consequence.