What should I do if my child has diarrhea?

Diarrhea in children is caused by a variety of pathogens and symptoms. As the frequency of stool increases, changes in characteristics may also be accompanied by fever, vomiting, and varying degrees of dehydration.

1. Intestinal infectious diarrhea: generally caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Bacteria and viruses are the most common, and rotavirus infection is the most common in autumn and winter. Diarrhea occurs after fever and vomiting, and the number of diarrhea episodes can reach more than ten times a day.

2. Non-infectious diarrhea: Indigestion, bacterial disturbances caused by drugs for other diseases may cause diarrhea in children. There is also allergic diarrhea, such as diarrhea caused by allergies to milk or soy products, including primary and secondary lactose intolerance, sudden climate changes, cold abdomen or overheated weather, reduced secretion of digestive juices or thirst, and diarrhea caused by digestive dysfunction caused by drinking too much milk.

Treatment principles:

1. Eat a reasonable diet, maintain nutrition, quickly correct electrolyte imbalance, control intestinal infection, and then give appropriate medications to regulate flora disorders and stop diarrhea.

2. To prevent dehydration, give children appropriate rehydration salt solution when they have diarrhea, 20 to 30 ml per kilogram of body weight, which should be drunk within 4 hours. If severe dehydration symptoms occur, intravenous therapy is required.

3. If the diarrhea lasts for more than half a month, lactose intolerance may be considered and anti-diarrhea milk powder can be used.