Baby just finished drinking milk and diarrhea, what do you think?
A month ago, HKUST received an 8-month-old baby sugar pocket, but after the rotavirus infection improved, there was a situation of milk and diarrhea.
Mom and Grandma came with the baby, and as soon as they opened their mouths, they asked:
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It seems that this mother has a little parenting knowledge in her body.
Today, HKUST borrowed the example of a sugar pocket baby and told you about it:
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You also learn about it together, and by the way, science popularization is given to more people!
When it comes to diarrhea, there are many reasons. Rotavirus, norovirus infection, dyspepsia... etc. can be caused.
So how to judge whether it is lactose intolerance?
After your baby has finished drinking milk, look at 2 points!
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If your baby is the same, you should suspect that it is lactose intolerance.
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I believe that many babies are also like sugar pockets, before drinking milk are fine, suddenly diarrhea.
This is due to gastrointestinal infections, drugs, and is the most common cause of lactose intolerance in infants and young children.
After the stomach and intestines encounter a viral infection, diarrhea generally occurs, but also to take medicine treatment, this series of operations will damage the mucosa of the small intestine, resulting in reduced secretion of lactase.
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There are also very few babies who are congenital lactase deficiency, and lactose intolerance occurs from the first sip of milk after birth.
So what about situations like Sugar Pocket?
I asked the sugar pocket mother, the symptoms of sugar pocket diarrhea is not very serious, the child's weight is normal.
If your baby is also like a sugar pocket, the symptoms are relatively mild, there is no impact on growth and development, continue to feed normally, and do not need to eat lactase.
With the recovery of intestinal function, it usually improves in 2-3 weeks.
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What if your baby has severe diarrhea and bloating and starts to gain weight slowly?
If the baby drinks milk powder, during this period, first change to low lactose or lactose-free milk powder, and then change back after recovery.
Try not to stop breastfeeding, especially for small babies, consult a doctor and try to adjust feeding first:
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In addition, you can also eat lactase, generally 1-2 months, stool normal and then slowly reduce the amount.
Before some parents asked: baby lactose intolerance, is it okay to change goat's milk?
In fact, the structure of milk and goat milk is similar, but the lactose content will indeed be less, if the symptoms are mild, you can change.
If it is congenital lactase deficiency, it can only be replaced with low-lactose or lactose-free milk powder.
However, there is another situation to be vigilant about, that is, the baby changed the milk powder or ate lactase, still did not get better, and repeated eczema:
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Before the University of Science and Technology has seen a baby with milk protein allergy, parents have eaten lactase for several months, but it is not good.
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Later, after careful understanding, it was found that in addition to the performance of lactose intolerance, the child also had repeated eczema, and the family also had a history of allergies, and after changing to deep hydrolyzed milk powder, it improved.
In order to make it clear to you at a glance, Koda has also made a simple distinction between the two:
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Because there are more and more children with allergies now, especially those with a history of allergies in the family, when the child has lactose intolerance, first observe whether there are other symptoms.
Consult the doctor in time to find the cause of the child's lactose intolerance, and then see whether to change the milk powder and which kind of milk powder to change.
After all, the milk powder is not right, the diarrhea cannot be stopped, and the victim is still the baby!