Diarya in a child: symptoms, signs, causes, diet, treatment with drugs and folk remedies

Diarya is not a disease, but a symptom. How to help a child and in what cases can not do without the help of a doctor?

Diarya is the most common symptom in children, the frequency of development of which is second only to acute respiratory infections. Often, adults underestimate the danger of the situation. But according to WHO, 1.5 million children die annually from diarrhea. To successfully cope with the problem, parents need to know what the danger of this symptom is and how to help the child to help.

Causes of children's diarrhea

Most often, diarrhea develops in such cases:
• intestinal infectious diseases of both viral and bacterial origin
• Violation of the intestinal microflora, including after taking medications (antibiotics, laxatives)
• Digestive enzymes deficiency
Diarrhea can occur with helminthic invasions, surgical pathologies, poisoning, intolerance to individual products, impaired nervous regulation of intestinal motor activity (neurogenic diarrhea).

Important: only a doctor can only determine the true cause of this symptom and prescribe adequate treatment after assessing the clinical picture.

Signs of diarrhea in a child

The following clinical manifestations of diarrhea are distinguished:
• Frequent liquid chair
• Bloating
• stomach ache
Diarye can be accompanied by other symptoms: general malaise, headache, fever, lack of appetite, vomiting, blood impurities or pus in the chair. This is urgent to seek medical help.

Why did the child's diarrhea begin after antibiotics?

Antibacterial drugs suppress the growth of not only pathogenic bacteria, but also a natural microflora inhabiting gastrointestinal tract. Against this background, the propagation of pathogenic microorganisms begins in the intestines. Some antibacterial drugs also affect intestinal motility. As a result of these processes, diarrhea syndrome (antibiotic -absorbed diarrhea) occurs.

What is the reason for the child’s frequent diarrhea?

• Frequent diarrhea, bloating and abdominal pain can be a result of the inability of the gastrointestinal tract to digest a product. In this case, it is necessary to limit the child’s use of such products or to abandon them completely. Often such symptoms are associated with lactase deficiency - the inability to digest milk sugar (lactose)
• Bouts of abdominal pain, which pass after bowel movements with the release of a liquid stool, can be a sign of irritable intestinal syndrome. This syndrome does not belong to a group of dangerous diseases, but under its “mask” other, more serious disorders of the gastrointestinal tract may be hidden
• Diarrhea that occurred during or after drinking medicines is considered as a side effect of drugs. In this case, you need to consult a doctor to replace the drug or cancel it, as well as choose probiotics to restore intestinal flora

Diarrhea in newborns: causes, symptoms, treatment

From the fourth day of life, the newborn has a certain frequency of defecation, which normally can reach 10 times a day. The chair of a newborn child has a gruel -like consistency and may include mucus or lumps of non -digested food. If the child feels well and gains weight, there is no reason for concern.

Signs of diarrhea in children of the first month of life:

• Foamy, watery feces with mucus
• Significant increased chair
• lack of appetite
• irritability, anxiety, pressing the legs to the tummy
• vomiting, fever
The causes of diarrhea in newborns and treatment methods:
• lactose deficiency - with severe severity of symptoms, enzyme preparations are prescribed or transferred to lactose mixtures
• Functional digestion disorder - treatment does not require, it is necessary to correct the diet, a decrease in the incidence of applying to the chest or the volume of one feeding (with artificial feeding)
• taking drugs - it is required to cancel or replace the drug, probiotics are prescribed
• acute intestinal infection - treatment is prescribed by a doctor depending on the pathogen and the degree of severity of the symptoms, active rendration, antipyretic drugs, even with a slight increase in body temperature

Important: young children are prone to a sharp violation of water-mineral metabolism, a critical amount of fluid can be lost within a few hours. The heavy course of diarrhea, accompanied by frequent vomiting, refusal to drink, the presence of signs of intoxication and dehydration requires immediate hospitalization.

How to help a child with diarrhea?

The first and most basic that is necessary for the child’s body with diarrhea is to fill in the loss of fluid. Active “soldering” (oral rehydration) is most effective in the first hours of the onset of the disease, this allows you to reduce the likelihood of developing severe forms of dehydration and successfully cure the child at home.

Drinking at room temperature must be given a little, through short time intervals. For plowing, a mineral water without gas, a certain warm green tea without sugar, salted rice decoction (3 g of salt per liter of solution), blueberry compote or jelly, a decoction of dried fruits are suitable.

To restore the water-mineral balance, you can use raisins: take 100 g of raisins and half a teaspoon of salt per 1 liter of water, bring to a boil and cool.

• The optimal tool for restoring the water-salt balance is special electrolyte solutions (for example, a reidron)
• Sorbents will help reduce intoxication. They act in the intestines like a sponge, absorbing toxins and taking them out of the body. Sorbents should be taken according to the instructions, observing the dosage in accordance with the age or mass of the child's body
• In order to restore the balance of microorganisms in the intestine, special drugs are used to “populate” the intestines with a healthy microflora - probiotics
• With diarrhea, it is also important to “unload” the intestines as much as possible, strictly observing a special diet

Diet for diarrhea in children

• Food for diarrhea in a child should be frequent and fractional. Fatty foods, foods containing a large amount of fiber, milk, codes, confectionery, juices with a high sugar content, soda, soda, are excluded from the diet
• Wipe soups, white crackers, low -fat soft cottage cheese, rice porridge on water, boiled chicken breast, soft -boiled or steam omelet, dried fruits (without sugar), tea, mineral water without gas are allowed.
• If the child is on natural feeding, then it is recommended to preserve nutrition as usual - breast milk is well tolerated by children with diarrhea. Lactose of women's milk contains anti -infectious factors and substances that contribute to the restoration of the intestinal mucosa
• Children with artificial feeding with diarrhea are recommended to replace the adapted mixture of low -lactose. The duration of a low -lactose diet is determined by the condition of the child, you can return to the usual mixture immediately after the start of the formation of the stool
• During diarrhea, children receiving complementary foods are completely returned to breastfeeding, or cook porridge on the water, you can give a baked apple, bananas, sour milk products. In this case, it is not recommended to introduce new products in the acute period

Diarya preparations in children

Usage rehydration solutions - Simple, effective, inexpensive and accessible at home, the method of restoring water and salts in the body.

• Certifying Funds are sold in pharmacies in the form of a powder or tablets for preparing a solution: Hydropolitan, tour, regdron, trihydron, human electrolyte and others. These are over -the -counter drugs that have no contraindications. It is very important to start taking solutions with the manifestation of the first symptoms of diarrhea, so it is advisable to always have a rehydration tool in a home medicine cabinet
• Probiotic drugs contribute to the normalization of intestinal flora and accelerate recovery, and are also prescribed for the prevention of dysbiosis when taking antibacterial drugs
• Biological properties and functions probiotic Bacteria are significantly different. When choosing a probiotic, take into account the composition of the bacteria and the level at which it can act
• With intestinal disorders caused by the virus, it is recommended to choose drugs containing lactobacteria (Lactobacterin, Biobacton, Primadofilus)
• With bacterial disorders, combined drugs containing lacto- and bifidobacteria will be more effective ( Bacteriobalance, bifidin, Linex)
• Choice probiotic the drug depends on the severity of the disease, the degree of impaired microflora and the causes of the development of diarrhea, so this question is better to entrust the attending physician
• Enterosorbents reduce the duration of intoxication during diarrhea, remove toxins of microbes from the body, fix rotaviruses on their surface, and accelerate recovery

Sorbents differ in dosage form and chemical structure:

• activated carbon in tablets - It is considered an obsolete sorbent, which is inferior to modern drugs in terms of absorption of endotoxins.
• polysorb (powder)
• enterosgel - gel -like paste, has no age restrictions
• smecta -In addition to the adsorbing properties, it also has an enveloping effect, enhancing the barrier function of the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract
• filterum
• Atoxil
• White coal

Sorbents are taken in between food and taking other drugs. Ideally, the choice of the product, the method of its use, dosage and duration of treatment should be prescribed by the doctor.

Drugs that normalize intestinal motility: Loperamid, Imodium, Laremoid - Only relieve the symptom, inhibit intestinal motility and reduce its secretion, which can lead to self -poisoning (intoxication) of the body. The child needs to give such medicines with caution, having previously consulted with the doctor.

Contraindications to use:
• with diarrhea with blood or pus in feces
• Children under 2 years old
Antimicrobial drugs With diarrhea, it is not always needed, and the unreasonable prescription of antibiotics can harm. Therefore, you can take antibiotics only as prescribed by a doctor, strictly observing the frequency, dosage and duration of the reception.

Treatment of diarrhea in children with folk remedies

• Blueberry compote (jelly) or decoction of dry berries of blueberries is widely used as an opposite tool for intestinal disorders of a non -infectious nature
• The decoction of chamomile has a moderate anti -inflammatory, antispasmodic and anti -inflammatory effect
• Pomegranate crust infusion: 1 tablespoon of dry pomegranate pour a glass of boiling water and insist for 25-30 minutes. Drink 25 ml every 3.5 hours
• A decoction of dried pears will fill in the loss of fluid and enrich the body with microelements. Drink fractionally, small portions, without restrictions
• decoctions or infusions of ready -made pharmacy fees, phytochi "fixing"

What drugs exist from children's diarrhea: tips and reviews

With acute diarrhea in a child without temperature and symptoms of intoxication, it is necessary to switch to dietary nutrition and actively drink. For dropping, it is better to use pharmacy solutions. Many mothers respond positively about Human's drug Electrolyte with the taste of the banana.

The advantage of the solution - it has a pleasant taste and aroma, and children use it with pleasure.
Enterosorbents can be used between meals. Among such drugs, Smecta has proven itself well - the drug is suitable for children from birth, has no contraindications.

Important: these drugs are limited to the possibility of independent treatment of diarrhea in children. Any other drugs should be prescribed by a doctor.

What should adults know about children's diarrhea? Tips

• It is impossible to consider the diarrhea a non -hazardous symptom
• the less the age of the child, the more likely the development of complications
• The main thing is to prevent dehydration, and for this child you need to actively solder
• The child needs a sparing diet
• In the intervals between food, a child can be given sorbents
• probiotics, antibiotics, enzymes and other drugs are advisable to give the child only as prescribed by a doctor

Appeal to the doctor with diarrhea is mandatory:

• with the age of a sick child less than a year
• in the absence of a tendency to improve during the day

It is necessary to call an ambulance urgently if:

• The child has persistent ongoing vomiting
• diarrhea is accompanied by a sharp increase in body temperature, which cannot be shot down
• More than 6 hours there is no urine
• with signs of severe dehydration (dry tongue, sunken eyes, dry skin)
• Calais have blood impurities

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