How to prevent intussusception in infants and children Intussusception in babies is a relatively common acute abdominal condition in pediatric surgery, which refers to the phenomenon of intestinal obstruction caused by a segment of the intestine entering the adjacent intestinal cavity. The incidence of intussusception is high in China’s pediatric population, mostly due to intestinal dysfunction when complementary foods are added or weaning occurs. However, the disease is easily misdiagnosed as indigestion or gastroenteritis in the early stage, and untimely treatment leads to serious complications. The correct prevention method is learned below.
First of all, when your baby reaches the stage of adding complementary foods, you should pay attention to the principle of gradual progress, not too hasty. Before adding a new complementary food to make sure that the baby has been fully adapted to the complementary food added in the previous period, the new complementary food generally requires an adaptation period of 5-7 days, avoid adding a variety of new foods at the same time. The amount of food added to the baby should be properly controlled, following the principle of gradually increasing from less to more, for example, to feed the baby egg yolk can first let the baby eat a little, wait a few days and then increase to half, and then let the baby eat one at a time after a week.
Adding complementary foods for babies should also follow the principle of thin to thick, when adding for babies should start with rice soup, and then gradually become rice paste, rice porridge, should be from fluid, semi-fluid and then lead to semi-solid liquid food, so that the baby’s intestines have plenty of time to adapt. During the hot summer months or when your baby is feeling unwell, you should avoid adding new complementary foods for your baby, as your baby’s appetite decreases during this time, resulting in poor adaptability.
In addition, the effective way to prevent baby intussusception is to avoid baby diarrhea, parents should pay more attention to the weather changes in time for the baby to increase or decrease clothing, the daily diet should be fed scientifically to avoid too hungry and too full, while the baby sleep to protect the baby tummy.