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The article was professionally consulted by resident Doctor Duong Van Sy - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.
The digestive system of babies is still immature, so they are very susceptible to digestive problems, especially diarrhea with foamy stools. Proper understanding of diarrhea in infants will help parents be more proactive in protecting the health of their children.
1. What is the disease in infants with frequent foamy stools?
Normally, babies will have a bowel movement after each feeding. On average, children will have a bowel movement about 5-7 times a day. The baby's stool is dark yellow, slightly viscous. If your child has loose stools, foamy stools, and bowel movements many times a day, it is possible that the child has diarrhea.
Manifestations of children with diarrhea include:
The child has more bowel movements than usual, continuous bowel movements The child sucks poorly The child is fussy due to abdominal pain The nature of the stool changes: loose, watery stools, foamy stools, stools there is mucus, stools change color... Children with fever Vomiting, vomiting Diarrhea in babies can go away on its own in about 1-2 days. However, diarrhea in infants can progress very quickly leading to excessive dehydration, kidney failure and respiratory failure. Therefore, parents should pay attention to monitor the child's expression. If the diarrhea does not improve with a high fever, the child should be taken to the doctor immediately.
2. Causes of diarrhea in babies
There are many causes of diarrhea when defecating in infants such as: digestive disorders, intestinal infections, food allergies, allergies to milk, poor absorption of nutrients... For children Breastfeeding exclusively, the cause of diarrhea may also be due to the mother eating too much laxative food or drug reaction.
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3. How to handle when babies have diarrhea?
When having diarrhea, the child often cries, sucks poorly, colic. Going outside too much makes children dehydrated leading to fatigue. Newborns are still very immature, so parents need to monitor their children and take them to specialized medical facilities for doctors to examine, diagnose, determine the cause and provide timely treatment.
Note, do not arbitrarily give children any treatment drugs, including digestive enzymes without a doctor's prescription, especially anti-diarrheal drugs.
4. How to prevent diarrhea in babies
Breast milk is the best source of food for infants and young children. In the nutritional composition of breast milk contains many important nutrients, especially antibodies that help protect babies from many harmful bacteria.
Breast milk is designed for the proper growth and development of the baby's immune system. Therefore, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months to prevent diarrhea as well as many other diseases. Breastfed babies have less diarrhea than formula-fed babies or babies who are not exclusively breastfed. In addition, the mother during pregnancy should also take good care of the maternity, create a premise for the health of the child, and limit infections in the perinatal period.
During breastfeeding, especially in the first 1-2 months, mothers need to pay special attention to their nutrition. Because the food that the mother eats will turn into milk. The mother should eat healthy foods such as: lean meat, hot vegetables, eggs, shrimp... limit greasy foods, processed foods...
The digestive system of babies is still very immature. Immature, immature, so when the child has many bowel movements, with abnormal stool color, parents need to take the child to a medical facility, a hospital with a pediatric specialty for doctors to examine and find out the cause. and provide an effective treatment regimen. After that, doctors can appoint children to use drugs in some necessary cases, parents absolutely do not arbitrarily give children any treatment drugs, including digestive enzymes, anti-diarrheal drugs. To avoid allergies, drug interactions,...
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