How to judge diarrhea in children? How to judge diarrhea in children?

Many parents think that children with diarrhea are just a common phenomenon, and do not pay attention to the care of children with diarrhea, which will only make the child's diarrhea worse. Children with diarrhea need to be carefully observed so that they can be better cared for. So, how to judge children with diarrhea? How to judge children with diarrhea? Let's learn about it together!

1. How to judge diarrhea in children

No.1 Observe body temperature

Among diarrhea cases, the most common type is diarrhea caused by bacteria, viruses or toxins produced by bacteria entering the body due to unclean diet. This is called "infectious diarrhea", accounting for about 85% of diarrhea cases. This type of diarrhea is prone to abnormal body temperature, manifested as a moderate fever (about 38.5 degrees), and the fever symptoms may appear earlier than diarrhea or at the beginning of diarrhea. At the same time, children with infectious diarrhea will also show signs of not liking to play, not wanting to eat, being annoying, crying, and being listless. Parents don't need to be too anxious about this. However, when a child has a high fever (above 39 degrees) before diarrhea (or when the number of diarrhea episodes is small at the beginning), it should be taken seriously and should be treated in time to prevent the serious condition of toxic dysentery.

No.2 Observe the mental state

That is, observe whether the child with diarrhea has symptoms such as mental depression, drowsiness, convulsions, seizures, convulsions, coma, etc. These symptoms are different from the weakness, fatigue, love of sleep and easy awakening of children when they have diarrhea. They are manifestations of mental and consciousness disorders. Another manifestation is projectile vomiting, which means vomiting as soon as you open your mouth, rather than vomiting due to nausea or after taking medicine. If you find that your child has similar mental symptoms, you should see a doctor immediately.

No.3 Observe the characteristics and frequency of stool

Diarrhea in young children is common with loose stools, watery stools, egg-drop-shaped stools, yellow-green stools, or stools with a small amount of mucus. Diarrhea occurs about 5 times a day, with a small amount of stool and no obvious dehydration. However, if there is blood in the stool, or bloody stools, or pus-blooded stools, and the amount of stool is small each time, and the child is unwilling to get up from the potty, it may be dysentery, or diarrhea caused by Aspergillus jejuni, or diarrhea caused by hemorrhagic Escherichia coli, and medical attention should be sought immediately. If a child has frequent diarrhea and a large amount of stool, the body will lose a lot of water and dehydration symptoms will occur easily. See a doctor for infusion in time to prevent acidosis.

No.4 Observe whether there are any complications

When a child has diarrhea, he or she may experience high fever, headache, projectile vomiting; decreased urine volume with protein in the urine; weakness in the limbs, especially the lower limbs; difficulty breathing; and skin rash and ecchymosis. These symptoms are often early manifestations of complications and should be treated promptly.

No.5 Observe drug effects and reactions

Children with mild diarrhea symptoms can buy medicine for treatment on their own. However, if the self-selected medicine is ineffective within 2 days, or if adverse drug reactions occur, the medicine should be stopped immediately and the doctor should be consulted. The diet of children with diarrhea should be mainly soft and nutritious meals. Infants who have not been weaned can still be breastfed; try to drink more water, and it is better to add a small amount of salt to the water. Parents who care for children with diarrhea should wash their hands at any time to prevent the spread of germs.

2. Diet to prevent diarrhea

1. Skim Yogurt Ingredients: 100 ml skim cold milk, 4 ml 36% fermentation acid solution, or 10 drops of 85% lactic acid. Preparation: Add fermentation acid solution and lactic acid to cold milk. Function: Milk becomes yogurt after being fermented by lactobacillus. The lactose in this yogurt has been decomposed into galactose, which is suitable for children with diarrhea.

2. Scorched rice soup Ingredients: rice flour, sugar. Preparation: Put the rice flour in a pot and fry it over low heat until it is browned, add a small amount of sugar and water and boil it before drinking. Function: Scorched rice soup has a certain amount of heat energy. After the rice flour is fried, part of the starch can be converted into dextrin, which is beneficial for digestion and absorption; the scorched starch can also absorb intestinal toxins and gases.

3. Applesauce Ingredients: apples, salt. Preparation: cut apples into pieces, mash them into puree and eat. Eat applesauce 2-3 times a day, 30-60 grams each time. You can also wash and chop an apple, add 0.8-0.9 grams of salt, 5 grams of sugar, and 250 ml of water to boil the soup, and drink it in 2-3 times. Function: Suitable for children over 6 months old. Apples contain fruit acid, which can absorb toxins, and contain tannic acid, which has a convergence effect and is suitable for children with diarrhea.

4. Carrot juice Ingredients: 100g fresh carrots, salt. Preparation: Wash and chop fresh carrots and put them into a pot, add 3g salt and appropriate amount of water, boil until soft, remove the residue and take the juice, take 2-3 times a day. Function: It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and digestion.