Patient's question:
The child of a friend has been having diarrhea recently. The parents are very worried. Can they stop breastfeeding now? What can they feed the child? I gave the child a box of jujube paste. Can the child eat it?Doctor's answer:
For breastfed infants, there is no need to stop feeding during diarrhea. Simply reduce the feeding amount appropriately, shorten the feeding time, and extend the feeding interval. The mother should also eat less high-fat food. Before each feeding, they can drink a large bowl of warm water to dilute the breast milk. This helps alleviate the infant's diarrhea symptoms.For artificially fed or mixed-fed infants, they can eat dates during diarrhea because dates can promote gastrointestinal recovery. If the condition is severe, milk and other staple foods should be temporarily stopped. The fasting period is usually 6-8 hours and should not exceed 12 hours.