Patient's question:
The baby has been experiencing symptoms of diarrhea recently. We have some diarrhea medication at home, but it hasn't been very effective. We took the baby to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor prescribed some medication and advised us to feed the baby some light food. How should we handle infant diarrhea?Doctor's answer:
Child diarrhea is not uncommon in clinical practice. Common clinical causes include infectious factors, such as viral or bacterial infections, as well as non-infectious factors, mainly including poor hygiene, indigestion, improper feeding, abdominal cold, weather factors, and so on.Advice: If the child does not have symptoms of fever or vomiting, but only suffers from simple diarrhea, it is likely related to indigestion or abdominal cold. In this case, probiotics can be given to the child, along with Montmorillonite powder for treatment. First, try to wait and see.