Causes of neonatal diarrhea
The baby just born a few days ago has diarrhea. The little parents are distressed and anxious, and can't help but deeply blame themselves: "It's all because I don't take good care of the jewelry store." In fact, the newborn baby's diarrhea care is not good, and there are also objective factors, so parents should put "self-blame" aside first, find out the cause of the baby's diarrhea and then prescribe the right medicine!
Cause 1: Physiological loose stool.
Before defining the baby's diarrhea, we should first consider whether the baby really has "diarrhea". Because the intestinal function of normal newborns is not perfect, there are obvious differences in the characteristics of infant feces with different feeding methods. Therefore, when the baby has frequent defecation, loose stool and other diarrhea phenomena, it may not be possible to conclude that the baby has diarrhea. For example, a breast-fed newborn can defecate as many as 7-8 times a day, even 10- 12 times, and the stool is usually sparse. If the baby is in good spirits, eats well and gains normal weight, there is no need to worry. Of course, for artificially fed babies, if they defecate more than 5 times a day, or there is mucus such as snot in the stool, or there is a lot of water, they should find an expert for examination and treatment in time.
Symptoms: Breast-fed newborns have more frequent, thin and yellow stools every day. The baby is in good spirits, nursing normally and gaining weight normally.
Countermeasures: feed reasonably, strengthen nursing, pay attention to the baby's spirit, appetite, weight changes, generally do not need to deal with. If true diarrhea is suspected, the following reasons should be considered or treated by experts in time.
Reason 2: improper feeding.
Too thick milk powder, inappropriate milk powder, milk powder with sugar, milk is too cold, or starchy food such as rice paste is added too early, which can easily lead to the accumulation of newborn food, thus causing baby diarrhea.
Symptoms: diarrhea, foaming stool, sour or putrid smell, sometimes mixed with indigestion granules and mucus. Often accompanied by vomiting and crying.
Countermeasures: correct unscientific feeding methods. If the symptoms can't be improved, you should go to the hospital for treatment.
Reason 3: allergic to milk powder
Among 100 infants, 2-7 are allergic to milk powder protein, and this symptom mostly occurs in infants who have been dry for 2-3 months. Newborns with hereditary allergies are more likely to have milk powder protein allergy symptoms.
Symptoms: after feeding with milk or milk powder, intractable non-infectious diarrhea appears for more than two weeks, and the stool can be mixed with mucus and bloodshot, accompanied by skin eczema, urticaria, asthma and other symptoms.
Countermeasure: Feed the newborn with special milk powder according to the doctor's prescription.
Reason four: catching a cold.
When a baby catches a cold, it is often accompanied by diarrhea. Therefore, as long as the chief culprit of diarrhea-cold is cured fundamentally, diarrhea will naturally occur. Has recovered. If you are worried about the baby's dehydration symptoms, you should give oral rehydration appropriately.
Symptoms: cold, diarrhea.
Countermeasures: Step up the treatment of colds and prevent dehydration.
Cause 5: Virus or bacterial infection.
Diarrhea caused by virus or bacterial infection, the most representative is intestinal rotavirus infection. Rotavirus is the main pathogen of infantile diarrhea in autumn and winter. Diarrhea caused by rotavirus accounts for about 70%-80% of infantile diarrhea in autumn and winter, so people often call it autumn diarrhea. Babies under 2 years old are the most sick, especially those between 6 months and 7 years old. It is highly contagious and can be popular in families, kindergartens and pediatric wards. The onset is accompanied by vomiting and fever. If not treated in time, dehydration symptoms may occur, so special attention should be paid.
Symptoms: The stool is yellow water-like or egg drop soup-like, with a large amount and no purulent blood. Rotavirus infection should be considered. If the stool contains mucus and pus, bacterial enteritis should be considered. Often accompanied by vomiting and fever.
Countermeasure: Don't hesitate to seek expert treatment immediately.
Warm reminder: parents should pay special attention to the cleanliness of Bao jewelry store, often clean baby's small PP, and of course wash their hands after handling baby's feces to prevent bacterial infection.