I believe that many parents have a common disease, that is, to observe the child's stool, especially the baby's stool traits before the age of 3.
In fact, as long as you observe carefully, you can indeed find health conditions from your child's stool performance.
Before I also wrote about observing the child's stool traits, how to know that the child is diarrhea, friends who have not seen it can view it from historical articles...
Then we will continue to talk about the problems related to children's diarrhea today, and answer questions for everyone
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How can I observe if my child is dehydrated?
To tell the truth, whether the child has dehydration, if so, it is more appropriate to let the doctor check in person.
Because in fact, even if they are doctors, if they are not pediatricians, they may not necessarily be able to see whether the child is dehydrated, let alone parents and friends who do not have medical knowledge.
Therefore, when there is a suspicion that the child is dehydrated, it is more appropriate to let the pediatrician see it in time.
Of course, objectively speaking, our book was originally to make some knowledge points into the nature of popular science for everyone to see, so it will also teach you some methods that are easier to judge whether children are dehydrated.
Do children cry when they cry?
Does the child eat more than half of the usual food throughout the day?
Does a child have more than half of his usual urine output throughout the day?
If the child does not have tears when crying, the skin elasticity is relatively poor, the amount of food and urine is significantly reduced, more than half less than usual, then it may be best to go to the hospital for treatment, and if necessary, infusion treatment. Avoid dehydration, electrolyte imbalance in your child.
If the elasticity of the tearful skin when the child cries is also very good, and the amount of food and urine is similar to usual, then the risk of dehydration of the child is relatively low, and the infusion treatment may not be needed for the time being.
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What should I do if my child becomes dehydrated?
If the child has the symptoms of dehydration mentioned above (that is, crying is basically no tears or reduction, the amount of food is seriously reduced, even half of the usual wood is wood, the amount of urine becomes less, such as usually 6 pieces of diaper a day is not wet, today 24 hours to replace 2 pieces), this is a case of dehydration. It's not necessarily 100% accurate, but there's a reference after all.
In this case, it is necessary to let the doctor see it in person. Because the doctor can give the child a detailed physical examination to find out whether the child is really dehydrated, if there is dehydration, he will also give intravenous fluid treatment according to the child's situation.
Don't see this content on the idea, Dad I am a doctor who respects intravenous infusion, not also, the infusion mentioned here is a child dehydration, in order to improve the situation, to avoid further aggravation of dehydration, resulting in shock and other situations, and choose a very reasonable treatment method Oh.
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Can I get zinc supplements for my child's diarrhea?
The topic of zinc supplementation also often appears in the discussion of diarrheal diseases.
Our current view is that when the child has diarrhea, appropriate zinc supplementation can promote the child's diarrhea to get better as soon as possible, and may have a certain preventive effect on the next "possible" diarrhea.
Of course, the effect here is relatively minimal, and it is not a "mandatory" recommendation that must be made.
4-6 months, when diarrhea, you can consider 10 mg of zinc per day; > 6 months, 20 mg of zinc per day, a total of 10-14 days. It has a certain therapeutic effect on diarrhea.
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Do children need probiotic supplements for diarrhea?
Probiotics are actually a topic of discussion over the years. In actual clinical practice, we can see that many hospitals will use it when dealing with some diseases.
Of course, in the case of diarrhea, in fact, the father himself will not recommend the use of probiotics. Because probiotics are not needed drugs in the treatment of diarrhea.
Some guidelines suggest that in the case of a child with rare watery stools, appropriate probiotic supplementation (such as Rhamnosus rhamnosus or Saccharomyces boulardii) has a certain adjuvant therapeutic effect. Dad himself does not make regular recommendations.
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