What are the symptoms of autumn diarrhea and how to treat it?

Autumn diarrhea is a problem encountered by many babies. Generally speaking, the baby's incomplete gastrointestinal digestive system will easily lead to diarrhea. The most obvious symptoms of autumn diarrhea in babies are colds, nasal congestion, fever, low fever or high fever, etc. It is also easy to cause vomiting and diarrhea. It can be treated and controlled with drugs. Pay attention to replenishing the baby's water.

What are the symptoms of autumn diarrhea?

Autumn diarrhea symptoms

1. The onset is acute, and the initial stage is often accompanied by cold symptoms, such as cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose. Most children will also have fever, which is usually low-grade and rarely high-grade.

2. Half of the children will experience vomiting. Early vomiting precedes diarrhea, with frequent vomiting, vomiting of stomach contents and milk, and vomiting lasting 2-3 days.

3. Diarrhea begins to occur within the next 24 hours. The baby's bowel movements increase in frequency, about 10 times a day. If it is more than 3 times a day, it should be considered autumn diarrhea. The stool is thin, milky white, yellow or green like egg drop soup, occasionally with a little mucus or pus and blood, and no special fishy smell. The diarrhea can last for about 3-5 days or 1 week, and in some cases it can last up to 3 weeks.

4. Due to frequent diarrhea and vomiting, and poor food intake, children may suffer from dehydration, acidosis, and electrolyte imbalance in severe cases, such as obvious thirst, decreased urine output, irritability, mental fatigue, drowsiness, and confusion. If not treated promptly, hypovolemic shock may occur and be life-threatening.

Treatment of autumn diarrhea

How to treat autumn diarrhea

The specific treatment methods for autumn diarrhea are as follows:

1. Conventional treatment

(1) Dietary adjustment: Pay attention to providing sufficient calories in the diet. For breastfed children, stop giving complementary foods and continue breastfeeding. Artificially fed infants should be fed appropriate amounts of dairy products. Children with severe vomiting should fast for 4-6 hours and continue feeding after the vomiting has subsided.

(2) Correct electrolyte disorders and acid-base imbalance: When a baby suffers from autumn diarrhea, the first method of rehydration is oral rehydration salts. Dissolve one bag of oral rehydration salts in 500 ml of warm water and take it orally. However, some babies with diarrhea are unwilling to drink water, have poor spirits, and have obvious symptoms of dehydration. In this case, intravenous infusion is required.

2. Drug treatment

(1) Western medicine treatment:

① Ribavirin and dipyridamole can be used for antiviral treatment.

② Microecological treatment to correct intestinal flora imbalance can use Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus acidophilus preparations.

③ Montmorillonite powder is used as intestinal mucosal protective agent.

Additional information on Western medicine treatment: If the baby's symptoms are relatively mild and there are no signs of severe dehydration, parents can give the baby montmorillonite powder, probiotics (such as Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium butyricum, Saccharomyces boulardii, etc., just one of them), and some oral rehydration salts at home. It is best not to take montmorillonite powder and probiotics at the same time. Because montmorillonite powder has high adsorption