Symptoms of enteritis in an eight month old baby

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Small infants due to gastrointestinal function is not fully developed, resistance and digestive function are relatively poor, so it is easy to have gastrointestinal problems. In particular, some parents usually do not pay attention to feeding, what food do not add choice to the child to eat, which is more likely to lead to gastrointestinal discomfort in children, and one of the more common gastrointestinal problems of small infants is prone to acute enteritis. When the head of family finds that the child is suffering from enteritis, timely treatment is very important. So how to judge the infant suffering from acute enteritis from what symptoms? In fact, infant acute enteritis will appear a lot of symptoms, let's take a look at the symptoms of enteritis in eight months.

Symptoms of enteritis in an eight month old baby

1. The occurrence of infant acute enteritis is mostly caused by eating unclean food or cold food. If acute gastroenteritis is only caused by mild diarrhea, it is generally in good condition. This mild symptom is generally manifested as: stool is less than 10 times a day, yellow or yellow green, a small amount of mucus or white soap, fecal matter is not much, and sometimes stool is like "egg flower soup".

2. Of course, infant acute enteritis can also cause severe diarrhea. The frequency of baby's stool will increase, ranging from dozens of times, and the stool is mostly a large amount of watery stool, a small amount of mucus, which can be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, low appetite, and sometimes vomit coffee like substance. If hypokalemia occurs, abdominal distension and systemic poisoning may occur; Accompanied by low fever or high fever, can have restlessness, mental depression phenomenon, high fever may also appear coma, so for more severe acute enteritis children, need timely treatment.

3. For infants with acute enteritis and mild diarrhea, they should avoid eating indigestible and high-fat diet. They can drink some rice soup or skimmed milk. Breast feeding should shorten the feeding time. For mild diarrhea treated at home, oral rehydration salts can be used to relieve symptoms, while for severe children, they should be sent to hospital in time for treatment according to specific conditions.

matters needing attention

Infants with acute enteritis should pay attention to daily life and diet, do a good job in keeping the abdomen warm. Children should not eat spicy food and cold food, and eat light and digestible food. It is better to drink more millet porridge. If possible, it's better to do stool test or culture to make a definite diagnosis.