Patient's question:
I don't know if it's due to the season or the formula milk, but sometimes the baby has difficulty passing stools, and occasionally it may not have a bowel movement for 4-5 days. When it does manage to pass stools, there are traces of blood at the anal opening.Treatment history and effectiveness: It was said that the digestive system needs to be regulated, so probiotics and Simo Decoction were prescribed to be taken together.
What kind of help is needed: The baby finds it hard to tolerate the taste of Simo Decoction and would like to consult. Can a one-year-old baby drink honey water? Will it be effective for this issue?
Doctor's answer:
Infants and young children should not eat too much honey. Because honey is easily contaminated with industrial botulinum toxin, and botulinum toxin is both cold-resistant and heat-resistant, making it difficult to inactivate. Therefore, even honey that has undergone general reprocessing still contains a certain number of botulinum toxin spores. These spores are harmless to adults because adults have a strong immune system, and the spores cannot grow, adapt, and release toxins. However, once botulinum toxin spores enter the body of an infant or young child, due to their immature immune system, they quickly develop into botulinum toxin and release a large amount of highly toxic botulinum toxin. Therefore, infants and young children should not eat too much honey.