Health issues for babies have always been a headache for many parents. They take various measures to deal with them, but sometimes they overlook certain reasons. Let's take a look at the specific reasons why one-year-old babies have persistent diarrhea, along with the solutions, as described by the author of this article!
Reasons for one-year-old baby's diarrhea
1. Acute gastroenteritis
Acute gastroenteritis is the most common cause of diarrhea in babies. The most common pathogen is rotavirus.
2. Bacterial infection
Bacterial infections generally accompany symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and fever. Prompt medical attention should be sought.
Severe diarrhea (sometimes accompanied by vomiting), along with abdominal pain, bloody stool, and fever, is often caused by viruses or bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella.
3. Parasites
Parasitic infections can also cause diarrhea in babies.
4. Medication allergy
Medication allergies can lead to diarrhea in babies. If your baby experiences diarrhea during or after antibiotic treatment, it may be related to medication.
5. Food
Food, especially fruit juice, can potentially cause diarrhea in babies.
Care methods for one-year-old baby's diarrhea
1. Timely fluid replenishment to prevent fluid imbalance caused by diarrhea
You can feed water, rice soup, fruit juice at any time, and it is best to administer oral rehydration salts.
Oral rehydration salts contain ingredients such as glucose, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and sodium citrate, which can replenish electrolytes and fluids lost due to diarrhea and vomiting, and regulate the body's water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance.
Nowadays, this medicine is available in hospitals and pharmacies. The method of administration is to dissolve one small bag of oral rehydration salts in 500 milliliters of warm boiled water and take it in multiple doses within a day.
The amount of intake is based on the principle of "replace what is lost".
2. Diarrhea babies should pay attention to adjusting their diet and avoid adding new complementary foods
The dietary principle for diarrhea in children is to adjust the diet and continue eating.
If the child is still breastfeeding, continue breastfeeding. If the child is not breastfeeding, continue feeding them with the milk or dairy products they usually consume.
For children over six months old, they can continue eating their usual diet, such as porridge, noodles, eggs, vegetables, etc.
However, the food should be processed finely and broken down to make it easy to digest, and avoid changing the variety of food or giving them foods that are difficult to digest during diarrhea.
