Every summer and autumn and winter, the number of children with diarrhea increases, and there are more infants and young children within 2 years of age. Causes of diarrhea in children are most common with infections, pediatric gastrointestinal function is imperfect, and allergies to breast milk or certain foods can cause diarrhea.
Most children with diarrhea are in a hurry. Frequent diarrhea causes rapid loss of water and nutrients in the body, causing acute dehydration. However, as soon as parents saw the child’s diarrhea, they thought that “Eat more, don’t eat or not†and then wisely fasted the child. As everyone knows, fasting during diarrhea, is no different from the fire on the more heavy dehydration.
It turns out that water is an important substance that sustains life. The younger the age, the greater the proportion of water that weighs. Children lose water equivalent to 5% of their body weight, and dehydration symptoms such as mental embarrassment, thirst, irritability, weakness, reduced urine output, and poor skin elasticity; convulsions and coma that are more than 15% can endanger life. This shows that parents should continue to allow their children to eat at this time, with particular attention to intake of liquids. Only early prevention and timely correction of dehydration can restore children’s health as soon as possible.
In areas with good medical conditions, it is better to use intravenous fluids to treat dehydration. If it is in a remote mountainous area or inconvenient for infusion, an oral rehydration therapy can be used. It is simple, economical and practical, with an effective rate of over 96%.
In 500 ml of boiled water (or rice soup), add 20 grams of white sugar (two tablespoons) and 1.75 grams of salt (half beer bottle cap) to make oral rehydration. Due to the increased demand for liquids from children with diarrhea, So in the beginning we must encourage children to drink more. Children younger than 2 years old can supplement oral rehydration 50-100 ml after each diarrhea. The daily intake is not less than 500 ml; more than 2 years old, drink as much as possible, 1000 ml per day or more to prevent dehydration. If the child has developed the above dehydration symptoms, the amount of fluid (milliliter) added in the first 4 hours is the child's body weight (kg) x 75, and then it is supplemented according to the method of dehydration prevention. If oral rehydration symptoms do not improve, the emergence of mental euphemism, fever, frequent vomiting, watery stools, and even with pus and blood, should immediately go to the hospital for treatment, but still on the way should continue to add oral liquids.
In oral rehydration therapy, some drugs that protect the intestinal mucosa can also be used. If the symptoms are serious, they must be administered under the guidance of a doctor. Parents must not use antibiotics if they are not allowed to use them. Because the abuse of antibiotics can lead to imbalance of intestinal flora, and further increase diarrhea.
Children must eat during diarrhea. Babies should eat as usual, and older children can eat easily digestible, nutritious foods, such as fish, minced meat, vegetables, fruits and so on. Within half a month after the diarrhoea is stopped, the child should also be given a daily meal to compensate for the loss of nutrition during diarrhea.
Most children with diarrhea are in a hurry. Frequent diarrhea causes rapid loss of water and nutrients in the body, causing acute dehydration. However, as soon as parents saw the child’s diarrhea, they thought that “Eat more, don’t eat or not†and then wisely fasted the child. As everyone knows, fasting during diarrhea, is no different from the fire on the more heavy dehydration.
It turns out that water is an important substance that sustains life. The younger the age, the greater the proportion of water that weighs. Children lose water equivalent to 5% of their body weight, and dehydration symptoms such as mental embarrassment, thirst, irritability, weakness, reduced urine output, and poor skin elasticity; convulsions and coma that are more than 15% can endanger life. This shows that parents should continue to allow their children to eat at this time, with particular attention to intake of liquids. Only early prevention and timely correction of dehydration can restore children’s health as soon as possible.
In areas with good medical conditions, it is better to use intravenous fluids to treat dehydration. If it is in a remote mountainous area or inconvenient for infusion, an oral rehydration therapy can be used. It is simple, economical and practical, with an effective rate of over 96%.
In 500 ml of boiled water (or rice soup), add 20 grams of white sugar (two tablespoons) and 1.75 grams of salt (half beer bottle cap) to make oral rehydration. Due to the increased demand for liquids from children with diarrhea, So in the beginning we must encourage children to drink more. Children younger than 2 years old can supplement oral rehydration 50-100 ml after each diarrhea. The daily intake is not less than 500 ml; more than 2 years old, drink as much as possible, 1000 ml per day or more to prevent dehydration. If the child has developed the above dehydration symptoms, the amount of fluid (milliliter) added in the first 4 hours is the child's body weight (kg) x 75, and then it is supplemented according to the method of dehydration prevention. If oral rehydration symptoms do not improve, the emergence of mental euphemism, fever, frequent vomiting, watery stools, and even with pus and blood, should immediately go to the hospital for treatment, but still on the way should continue to add oral liquids.
In oral rehydration therapy, some drugs that protect the intestinal mucosa can also be used. If the symptoms are serious, they must be administered under the guidance of a doctor. Parents must not use antibiotics if they are not allowed to use them. Because the abuse of antibiotics can lead to imbalance of intestinal flora, and further increase diarrhea.
Children must eat during diarrhea. Babies should eat as usual, and older children can eat easily digestible, nutritious foods, such as fish, minced meat, vegetables, fruits and so on. Within half a month after the diarrhoea is stopped, the child should also be given a daily meal to compensate for the loss of nutrition during diarrhea.