Baby dehydration symptoms?

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The metabolic rate of infancy is very fast, several times that of adults, which means that the water in the body of the baby is easy to lose. Now the heating conditions are good, the indoor temperature is too high, and some parents are afraid of freezing their children, and give them thick cotton padded clothes. In this case, it is very easy to dehydrate the child. According to the clinical manifestations of anterior fontanelle, eye socket, skin elasticity, circulation and urine volume, dehydration can be judged and the degree of dehydration can be estimated. Baby dehydration symptoms? Let's talk about it

Baby dehydration symptoms?

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

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

Third: if the child is thirsty, he can freely drink the electrolyte solution and boiled water mixed with oral rehydration salt, 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

The most important thing is, before making clear the cause of diarrhea, unless the pediatrician prescribes medicine, do not use antidiarrheal drugs without authorization, which may bring danger to the baby's life.