Diarrhea is a common disease in daily life, many times as long as you pay attention to the diet, pay attention to the warmth of the abdomen, many will get better, do not need special treatment at all. Therefore, when diarrhea occurs, the average person will not take it too seriously.
But in fact, there are many causes of diarrhea, sometimes diarrhea is not treated in time, it may also cause major problems, which will affect the health of the body, especially children's diarrhea can not be ignored.
According to the data, more than 500,000 children die of diarrhoea each year, which is the second most common cause of death in children under 5 years of age.
Therefore, when children have diarrhea, we must pay attention, especially in the autumn and winter, children's diarrhea is likely to be caused by viral infection, and must be treated in time.
Common causes of diarrhea in children
1. Catch a cold
Children's spleen and stomach function is relatively fragile, and it is easily affected by the outside weather, which leads to gastrointestinal dysfunction and diarrhea.
Especially if children accidentally kick off the quilt when they sleep at night, it is easy to get cold and cause diarrhea. Therefore, we must usually pay attention to the warmth of the child's abdomen.
However, in general, the diarrhea caused by this situation is not very serious, and this situation can be well alleviated by using a hot water bottle to help the child warm compress or eat some probiotics to condition the stomach.
2. Eat the wrong thing
If the food is not clean or the allergy to something is allergic, it is possible to eat the wrong food, which may lead to diarrhea. Especially every time you find that eating something will cause diarrhea, you are generally allergic to this thing, and pay attention to avoid these allergic foods in the future.
In addition, you must pay attention to washing things when you usually eat, and try not to eat raw and cold foods, otherwise it is easy to cause diarrhea.
Of course, in this case, after diarrhea, as long as the electrolyte disorder is corrected and some normal saline can be drunk, there will not be too much of a problem.
3. Dyspepsia
Children have poor digestive function, and if they overfeed or eat some foods that are too greasy and indigestible, it is easy to cause diarrhea due to indigestion.
Especially if the baby adds complementary foods or adds too much too much, it is easy to lead to indigestion, bloating, diarrhea and other uncomfortable symptoms, and it will also affect the growth and development of the baby, so we must pay attention not to overfeed.
If the child has indigestion, you can help the child massage the stomach to help digestion, and if it is serious, you can also add some probiotics to condition the stomach.
4. Infection
Infection caused by children diarrhea is the most serious, especially rotavirus, norovirus infection is more, if not treated in time, will lead to a large number of virus reproduction, not only will lead to diarrhea, but also lead to high fever and other symptoms, serious will also lead to coma shock, thus endangering life.
In addition to viral infections, it may also be caused by bacterial, fungal, parasitic infections, etc. These conditions must be timely identification of the cause and targeted treatment, otherwise it may develop into severe disease, thereby affecting physical health.
5. Misuse of antibiotics
If you usually have the habit of using antibiotics without authorization, it is easy to cause intestinal microflora imbalance, which will lead to diarrhea due to the abuse of antibiotics.
Therefore, we must pay attention not to abuse antibiotics.
There are many causes of diarrhea in children, sometimes you may only need to pay attention to it to alleviate, but some diarrhea is not treated in time, it may develop into a big problem, so we must pay attention to if the diarrhea is more serious, especially accompanied by fever and other discomfort, you must seek medical treatment in time.
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