Children are the adornments of this life, and they need a lot of care and control, and whatever care and attention does not protect them from exposure to pathogens around them. Diarrhea is a widespread disease, especially among infants, where the number of children infected once is 400 million Child annually.
What is diarrhea?
Is an increase in the softness and amount of stool, where the number of defecations increases to twice.
Diarrhea is not the same in all cases where it can be classified by number of defecations to:
- Light diarrhea: the lowest degree of the disease.
- Moderate diarrhea.
- Severe diarrhea: the most serious diarrhea on the child.
Symptoms of diarrhea in infants
- Very red around the anus.
- High body temperature of the baby.
- Pain and abdominal aches.
- Drought.
- This may be accompanied by vomiting in some children.
Causes of infant diarrhea
The child may become infected with diarrhea due to viruses. Rota, which affects the intestines, is the cause of diarrhea, or may be caused by changing the milk type of the child, which is not accepted by the child’s stomach. Some antibiotics cause diarrhea and some vitamins. The cleanliness of the bottle of milk, where some mothers do not care about washing a bottle of milk and tools to feed their children, or because of a defect in the enzymes.
Ways to treat diarrhea
Here are many ways to treat diarrhea:
- Drink large amounts of water to avoid the child being dehydrated due to loss of fluids.
- Do not give the baby milk for 24 hours and give instead diarrhea solutions containing the nutrients needed by the body of the baby because the milk contains types of bacteria that cause diarrhea, and then give the child lactose-free milk for children who suffer from allergy to lactose .
- Sterilize the tools that the baby is breastfed by boiling well every now and then.
- If the child is 6 months old and older, where the solid food is fed, the baby can be fed the mashed potato, mashed parsley and banana after mashing.
In the case of severe diarrhea and sometimes the average it is important to consult with the competent doctor to ensure access to appropriate treatment, we wish everyone safety from all harm.