Symptoms of baby dehydration

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Hello doctor, I'm a medical student. This semester, we opened a new course called pediatrics. We are very interested in the knowledge inside. You have many symptoms. Because I like children better, I care about the disease very much. I know that there is a disease called infantile diarrhea. What are the clinical manifestations of infantile diarrhea? How can I judge whether a child has diarrhea? I hope the doctor can give me some suggestions to let me know something about children's diarrhea.

Symptoms of baby dehydration

Children's diarrhea can be divided into three kinds, the first mild diarrhea, the second moderate diarrhea, and the third severe diarrhea. The main clinical manifestations of mild diarrhea are defecation 5 to 8 times a day, accompanied by mild fever and vomiting. The stool will be yellow green, viscous egg soup like.

Patients with moderate diarrhea defecate about 10 times a day, and their defecation is watery and stinky, which can be accompanied by moderate fever. Patients with severe diarrhea have frequent diarrhea, about 10 times a day, accompanied by drowsiness, irritability and dry skin.

Some patients will appear poisoning, electrolyte disorder, dehydration symptoms, so we should supplement water for the baby in time to avoid dehydration symptoms, usually pay attention to the prevention of diarrhea symptoms, the mother must absorb good nutrition, to avoid leading to breast milk malnutrition, infantile diarrhea.

matters needing attention

At ordinary times, we must pay attention to keep the baby warm. When we go to bed at night, the room must be warm to avoid the baby catching cold and freezing the stomach. When we go out, we must give the baby more clothes to ensure that the baby's clothes are dry.