Baby 5 months dehydration symptom?

summary

Dehydration in children is due to insufficient or excessive fluid intake, resulting in the reduction of total fluid in the body. Dehydration can be described as 5% or more of body weight. The diagnosis of dehydration should distinguish the degree and nature of dehydration in order to correct treatment. Let's talk about the dehydration symptoms of 5 months old baby?

Baby 5 months dehydration symptom?

1. The baby's dehydration shows that there is not enough water in his body. Babies are more likely to dehydrate than adults. If the baby loses a lot of water when vomiting, diarrhea, fever or sweating, and the intake of water is not enough to supplement, dehydration will occur. According to the severity of dehydration, it can be divided into mild dehydration, moderate dehydration and life-threatening severe dehydration. Different degrees of dehydration have different symptoms

2. Dehydrated children will feel strong thirst due to the decrease of water in their body. Although they can't speak, they can use their mouths to look for nipples everywhere. When their lips touch adults' fingers or other objects, they will suck. If they get a bottle, they will suck desperately.

3. Parents wash their fingers, but do not use soap, and then put the index finger into the baby's mouth. If they feel the baby's saliva is dry and sticky, it means that the baby is short of water. At this time, they should supplement water to the baby in time.

matters needing attention

The most important step to prevent infant dehydration is to ensure adequate water supply to the baby. Especially when the weather is hot and the baby is sweating or sick, it is necessary to supplement water for the baby. In addition to the daily breast-feeding or formula milk will let the baby intake a certain amount of water, mothers can also be appropriate for some warm water to drink for the baby. If the baby began to eat complementary food, then the amount of water to drink to the baby every day should also be increased. Generally, before infants begin to eat complementary food, it is recommended that they drink about 110 ml of water every day. After the baby begins to eat complementary food, the amount of drinking water should continue to increase.