Dehydration in infants?

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The dehydration of the baby indicates 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, what are the symptoms of dehydration? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Dehydration in infants?

Mild dehydration: general children easily irritable, crying, thirsty, crying tears reduced, urine volume also reduced accordingly. The eye socket is slightly sunken, the skin is slightly dry, and it shrinks slowly after pinching.

Moderate and severe dehydration: the child is mentally poor, restless or sleepy, the severe one is in coma, weak limbs, no tears or dry mouth when crying, obvious depression of two eye sockets, obvious reduction or no urine, slow retraction after pinching the skin, sudden obvious weight loss, weight loss of about 3% - 10%, or even more.

If the child is thirsty, he can freely drink the electrolyte solution and boiled water mixed with oral rehydration salts, and there is no need to limit the amount of drinking. Do not try homemade formula electrolytes at home, including homemade sugar and salt water, unless directed by a pediatrician and equipped with appropriate tools.

matters needing attention

It's overheating. Doing too much activity in hot weather, or just staying in a stuffy room with poor ventilation, will make the baby sweat and cause water loss. When it's hot, give your baby more water than usual.