What should I do if my child has diarrhea? Keep these two expert tips in mind

Source: People's Daily News

Children grow up easy to have diarrhea, when seeing the child's stool shape thinning, the number of times increased, many parents' first reaction is "anti-diarrhea", but this is actually a wrong view. Diarrhea is the physiological protection process of the human body, is the gastrointestinal tract does not want to accept the germ bacteria allergens quickly discharged process, so antidiarrhea will make these harmful substances continue to remain in the body, so that people suffer greater damage.

In the case of diarrhea in children, parents should pay attention to the following two points:

First, don't dehydrate. Diarrhea will take away a lot of water and electrolytes, according to the child's diarrhea, under the judgment of the doctor, parents can choose whether to give the child oral rehydration salt. Oral rehydration salts are based on a certain amount of water, including salt and sugar, and other bicarbonates, etc., to ensure that the child's body does not appear water and electrolyte disorders. Only when there is severe diarrhea, that is, severe dehydration, parents need to take their child to the hospital for intravenous fluids.

Second, avoid lactose intolerance as much as possible. Diarrhea can damage the mucosa of the small intestine, and lactase levels drop during the injury. Lactase is lactose consumption, in breast milk, formula milk, milk and other dairy products are containing lactose, if lactose can not be well digested, there will be secondary lactose intolerance and cause diarrhea. In this way, there is a vicious circle, the diarrhea time will be prolonged, the degree of diarrhea will be aggravated, so during the child's diarrhea, parents can add lactase before giving the child milk to ensure that the child's diarrhea is aggravated and prolonged because of lactose intolerance.

In the case of children's diarrhea, remember not to blindly stop diarrhea or give their children medicines, parents can keep in mind the above two pieces of knowledge, and scientifically deal with baby diarrhea. If the diarrhea symptoms do not improve, be sure to consult a regular hospital in time.

Expert: Cui Yutao, pediatrician at Beijing Cui Yutao Clinic

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