What to do if you have breast milk diarrhea? Prevention of breast milk diarrhea

It is often said that babies who are breastfed from childhood have better physical health than those who are fed with formula, so breastfeeding is now advocated. So what should we do about breast milk diarrhea? Prevention of breast milk diarrhea.

What to do if you have breast milk diarrhea

Generally, mild physiological diarrhea does not require treatment, and the mother can continue breastfeeding. In this way, the baby's body will gradually adapt to the prostaglandins in breast milk, and the lactase will gradually mature, the activity of the enzyme will increase, and it will gradually be able to decompose, digest and absorb lactose, and the condition will gradually improve with the addition of complementary food.

In terms of diet, you can feed 100ml of fresh soy milk with 5g of glucose instead of milk, which can control physiological diarrhea. Soy milk feeding should not be used alone for a long time, and fish protein should be added gradually. The specific method is to use 180ml of rice soup to mix 5g of fish protein. Generally speaking, the baby can be fed 3 times a day.

For severe breast milk diarrhea, the baby should be taken to the hospital for treatment in time. Generally, Chinese medicine can be used for treatment, and acupuncture can also be used for treatment, which is very effective.

It is important to remind you that after the baby's diarrhea is treated and the condition has improved, you cannot return to the original diet in a short time. You should add food slowly to avoid causing diarrhea again. The mother should shorten the time of each breastfeeding. If diarrhea occurs again, treatment will be more difficult.

Prevention of breast milk diarrhea

The prevention of breast milk diarrhea should mainly start with the diet of breastfeeding mothers.

1. Breastfeeding mothers should have a light diet, eat less greasy food, and skim off the floating oil when drinking soup. It is recommended to drink millet porridge for breakfast every day, eat light stir-fried vegetables, eat more fruits on a daily basis, and ensure a balanced nutrition of meat and vegetables.

2. It is recommended to give your baby millet soup once a day, which can relieve your baby's diarrhea and nourish the spleen and stomach.

3. Also, be careful not to cover the nipple when breastfeeding. Because after each breast is basically empty, if you continue to suck, the fat content in the milk will increase, which is easy to cause fat indigestion. It is recommended to suck when you want to, and stop when you don’t want to. Each time for about 10 minutes, the full breast can be basically sucked empty.

Breast milk diarrhea symptoms

1. Many bowel problems

Children with breast milk diarrhea have abnormally frequent bowel movements, which gradually increase in frequency, usually 3-7 times a day. The stools are watery, foamy, and watery, with a special sour odor. The stools are watery and slightly green, with foam and milk curds, and sometimes even with strips of transparent mucus.

2. The baby does not show any abnormal behavior

There is no fever during diarrhea, the baby does not have obvious pain or crying, and the stool test shows no abnormal infection. The degree of diarrhea generally has no other symptoms, the baby is lively and has a good appetite. Although the diarrhea lasts for a long time, the baby's weight gain can still be maintained at about 300g every 10 days, and it is not cured. If the diarrhea lasts for a long time, it may lead to serious consequences such as growth stagnation and malnutrition in the baby, which requires timely treatment.

What to do if your baby has prickly heat

1. Strengthen skin care, take a bath frequently, and keep the skin clean. Warm water is the most suitable. If the water temperature is too low, the capillaries in the skin will suddenly contract, the sweat gland pores will be blocked, and the sweat cannot be excreted, which will aggravate the prickly heat. Overheating will irritate the skin and increase the number of prickly heat.

2. Cut your nails frequently, keep your hands clean, and avoid scratching your skin which may cause secondary bacterial infection.

3. Do not let your child apply too many powder-based body skin care products, so as to avoid them mixing with sweat and clogging the sweat glands, causing poor sweating and inflammation around the sweat glands.

4. In summer, children’s outdoor activity time and amount should be properly controlled.

5. Keep the room ventilated and cool. Families with conditions should install air conditioners. Bathe your children more often, 1-2 times a day.

6. Children's clothes should be loose and baggy, and should be changed frequently. Clothes should be made of thin cotton cloth with good water absorption and breathability. Do not let children be naked for a long time to avoid adverse irritation to the skin.

7. Let your child drink plenty of water and avoid eating irritating food;

8. If an abscess occurs, you should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment and take oral antibiotics as prescribed by the doctor.

9. Mint bath. In summer, when you walk into the park or onto the ridge of a field, you will find clusters of green plants that emit a special fragrance, just like green clouds, which is pleasing to the eye. That is mint. Mint can green the environment and be a sight for people to see. Because it contains volatile oils, the main components of which are menthol, menthone and acetic menthyl acetate, it is also effective in preventing and treating prickly heat. Mint baths are mainly used clinically. The recipe uses 150 grams of fresh mint, decocted in water for bathing, suitable for both young and old.