During the holidays, mom and dad will also relax their requirements for their babies while indulging their stomachs. Eating too much, too greasy or unclean diet, etc., the gastrointestinal burden of adults and babies will increase, and diarrhea and abdominal pain problems may follow.
Having diarrhea, is it a top priority to prevent dehydration? Especially children!
Children's body water content of more than 80%, coupled with children's dehydration does not have a good "self-help" ability, once the occurrence of high temperature sweating, vomiting, diarrhea these will quickly lose a lot of body fluids, there will be different degrees of dehydration symptoms, and severe dehydration will even threaten life, so for dehydration, parents must pay attention!
So how to judge whether a child has dehydration? The following table is for your brief reference.
If the child has only mild symptoms of dehydration, parents can take care and rehydration measures at home.
Rehydration salts are white crystalline powders containing glucose and electrolyte components (sodium, potassium, chlorine, etc.) that are consistent with the components of bodily fluids lost when your child has diarrhea.
It is safer, more convenient and economical than infusion for correcting dehydration.
For children who do not experience dehydration, oral rehydration salts during the diarrhea period can prevent dehydration from occurring.
At present, there are three kinds of oral rehydration salts (ORS), oral rehydration salts I. generation, II. generation, III. generation. The World Health Organization recommends hypotonic third-generation rehydration salts.
I and II rehydration salts: sodium content is relatively high.
Generation III Rehydration Salts: A safer ratio of sodium and glucose can help treat concomitant dehydration while replenishing your child's lost water and electrolytes.
Some parents ask: Rehydration salt is so difficult to drink, can it be mixed with juice and milk?
This one really can't!
Because fruit juice, milk contains salt, sugar, potassium, etc., used to mix salt solution will change the amount of electrolyte, affecting the effect of hydration; if placed for a long time, it is easy to breed bacteria, etc., may aggravate diarrhea. Parents must strictly follow the instructions for flushing.
Some people also say: each bag dose is so large, can not drink at one time, can you first flush half a bag?
Not recommended.
For the precise formulation of rehydration salts, if parents only rely on "visual inspection" to separate half a bag, it will definitely affect the concentration of the final dispensing fluid, which in turn will affect the effect of rehydration. Parents can mix the whole bag of oral rehydration salts and take them in divided doses. It is recommended that when using oral rehydration salts, they can be prepared in large cups and divided into small cups to avoid contamination. If it is not taken after 24 hours, it is recommended to discard.
General diarrhea, parents do a good job of basic care, such as conditioning diet (light and easy to digest, such as rotten noodles, porridge, etc.), prevention of dehydration (a small amount of water, salt fluid), symptomatic fever, etc., the baby's condition will gradually alleviate self-healing.
If it is caused by allergies or lactose intolerance, check in time and pay attention to avoiding allergic foods.
However, in the following 5 cases, you must go to the hospital in time:
1. The number of stools in the baby within 3 months is large, the amount of stool is large, and it is easy to dehydrate, so be sure to seek medical treatment in time;
2. Diarrhea is accompanied by severe vomiting, and it is impossible to eat and oral salt replenishment solution;
3. Those who have symptoms such as high fever, pale face and convulsions after diarrhea;
4. The stool is mucopurulent and bloody;
5. Diarrhea has a large number of times and a large amount, symptoms of dehydration occur, and symptoms do not improve after oral rehydration salt.
Kangaroo Ma Ma has something to say:
At the end of the Spring Festival holiday, the children are also about to start school, parents should help their children to make a transition as soon as possible, adjust their diet, regular work and rest, and fight a good health defense war.