Patient's question:
My baby is 50 days old and has been on mixed feeding. Previously, when everything was normal, he had 2-3 bowel movements per day. Starting around the 40th day, he began experiencing diarrhea, with 7-8 bowel movements daily, sometimes runny and sometimes pasty, but the color is still mostly golden. After getting a stool test done at the hospital, what should we do next?Doctor's answer:
After children suffer from diarrhea, a reasonable diet and appropriate medication can shorten the course of the illness and promote rapid recovery. However, it has little impact on children's health. If not handled properly, dehydration, acidosis, and electrolyte disorders often occur, severely endangering children's lives or leading to delayed diseases, causing malnutrition in children and affecting their growth and development. Therefore, parents need to understand and master some home treatment and care methods for children with diarrhea. The principles of treating diarrhea are: (1) preventing dehydration; (2) correcting dehydration; (3) continuing to eat; (4) using medication reasonably. According to these principles, for children with mild symptoms and no obvious dehydration, the following measures can be taken at home for treatment. Severe cases require hospitalization.