Patient's question:
An 8-month-old baby has had loose stools for nearly 2 days, poor appetite, and frequent crying. After a stool test, it was diagnosed as intestinal inflammation. The baby has been treated for 2 days without improvement. Today, the baby is prone to hiccups, and there is slight redness in the throat. How can this be resolved? Please advise. Additionally, can the baby drink milk during the diarrhea? (The weather has been very variable recently, and I often take him out to play—could this be related to catching a cold?) Please advise.Doctor's answer:
Treatment Principles and Medication Guidelines for Pediatric DiarrheaTreatment Principles:
1. Dietary adjustment.
2. Select antibiotics based on the pathogen.
3. Oral or intravenous fluid replacement for dehydration.
4. Symptomatic and supportive therapy.
Specific Conditions:
2. For enzymatic enteritis, use enzyme inhibitors (e.g., enzyme inhibitors) and clotrimazole orally.
3. For rotavirus enteritis, take pansopan orally or administer ribavirin intravenously. Antibiotics are generally not used.
4. For prolonged diarrhea and weak constitution, provide supportive therapy, including albumin or plasma transfusion.
5. If toxic symptoms subside, and stool tests show no red blood cells, white blood cells, or pus cells, but diarrhea persists, antidiarrheal agents may be used. Symptomatic treatment is recommended for vomiting and abdominal distension.