Symptoms of severe dehydration in infants

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Many people will be dehydrated. Generally, they are slightly dehydrated. The body will send out thirsty signals to inform the body to replenish water in time. Severe dehydration is often caused by pathological changes, which will endanger the safety of life. Infants often suffer from diarrhea and vomiting. Symptoms of severe dehydration in infants? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of severe dehydration in infants

Generally, dehydration occurs when the body fluid loss of children exceeds 5% of their body weight. If a child loses 15% of his body fluid, he may die. The main manifestations of dehydration were thirst, oliguria or anuria, mental malaise or irritability, eyes not closed during sleep, dry mouth and mouth mucosa, dry tongue, etc

Sunken eye socket and fontanelle, cool limbs, skin is not as full as usual, skin elasticity is poor. Skin elasticity test method is to use the thumb and index finger parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body to pinch the skin on the inside of the abdomen or thigh, and then release, to see the skin flattening time.

Slight dehydration can be alleviated by adding water properly. Severe dehydration can lead to unconsciousness, purple lips and extremities and weak pulse. Due to the lack of circulating blood during dehydration, little or no urine, the waste generated by metabolism in the body can not be discharged in time, resulting in the disorder of human metabolism, which is called acidosis. The main manifestations of acidosis were deep breathing and cherry red lips.

matters needing attention

If the baby has intestinal diseases, especially acute gastroenteritis, the water in the body will be lost in diarrhea and vomiting. In this case, do not give the baby juice, which may aggravate his condition. Don't give your baby over-the-counter antidiarrheal drugs unless your doctor advises. If you think your baby may have started to dehydrate, ask your doctor if you need to give him oral rehydration salts.