Watery one-week-old baby is usually caused by infectious diarrhea, which can be relieved by general treatment and medication.
1. General treatment: During the period of illness, the child should pay attention to light diet, avoid eating spicy and stimulating food, drink more water to avoid dehydration symptoms due to water retention. Rest in bed and get enough sleep.
2. If the bacterial diarrhea can choose cefazoxime, piperacillin and other antibiotics for anti-infective treatment, at the same time can be given probiotics such as Saccharomyces boulardii, montelukast, etc. to regulate the intestinal flora, to protect the gastric mucosa.
However, enteroviral infections are more common in the clinic, mostly caused by norovirus, rotavirus and other infections. It is a self-limiting disease, mainly symptomatic supportive treatment, such as giving montelukast to protect the gastrointestinal mucosa. Oral rehydration salts to replenish fluids, and intravenous rehydration therapy when necessary to prevent dehydration and electrolyte disorders.
One-week-old babies with watery stools should be taken to the hospital as soon as possible to improve the relevant examinations such as fecal routine, blood routine, stool culture, rotavirus nucleic acid PCR and other tests, to clarify the cause of the disease. The above mentioned drugs should be taken under the guidance of a professional doctor.