When it comes to autumn diarrhea, I used to think that diarrhea was just “diarrhea”, so why should I differentiate between autumn and non-autumn? If my baby hadn’t had it, I wouldn’t have realized the seriousness of the disease, which is not simply “diarrhea”. In the beginning, I meticulously added rice flour and other baby food purchased at the mall, but later, because my baby was interested in adult food, we also fed her some rice porridge, soup, fruit, and sometimes even other food she babbled for, and then one day, she suddenly One day, she suddenly started to have diarrhea. At first, our family did not realize the seriousness of the problem, thinking that it was just a bad meal, or at most a common gastroenteritis, so we went to the pharmacy to buy some medicine ourselves, and also listened to the advice of others to buy the common medicine for children’s diarrhea, thinking that the child had never been sick, nor had she taken any medicine, and her body was so good and fat, so she should get better with some medicine. The first time I took the antidiarrheal medicine, it seemed to be better, but when I pooped again, it was just some green water, and it smelled awful. The child had one or two stools a day when he was not sick, but three or four times a day when he had diarrhea, and then up to five times a day, but each time he did not pull anything, mainly some bubble yellow water or yellow-green water, the smell is unbearable, the whole family tossed and changed diapers, wash the buttocks, several times a day, the child at first cried, and then even a little lazy. We got scared and rushed the child to the hospital, where the doctor examined and tested the child and said he had autumn diarrhea. Why is it specifically called “autumn diarrhea”? The doctor said it is a viral diarrhea caused by a “rotavirus”, an acute infectious diarrheal disease with the highest incidence in infants and children under 5 years old, especially those between 6 months and 3 years old. The doctor gave me medical advice to pay attention to the baby’s diet, never let the baby eat the things that adults eat that are not conducive to the baby’s digestion, to pay attention to hygiene, to the baby’s utensils, must be fully disinfected. The child’s physique is quite good, because we do not pay attention to the child’s food, too negligent, tossed by the autumn diarrhea, the child immediately lost a circle. As the weather cools down, mothers are reminded to pay attention to their children’s hygiene and not to underestimate “diarrhea”. The child’s diarrhea, parents should not just give the child with antidiarrheal and anti-inflammatory drugs, must take the child to the hospital to check the cause of diarrhea, for rotavirus caused by autumn diarrhea, there is no special drugs, antibacterial treatment is not effective, mainly rehydration, generally 7-10 days of the course of the disease can be self-healing. It is important to avoid the following misconceptions. Myth 1: Mistaking a virus for bacillary dysentery Frequent diarrhea occurs after fever and cough, and can easily be imagined as bacterial diarrhea or toxic dysentery. In fact, autumn diarrhea in infants and young children is mainly a “rotavirus” caused by viral diarrhea, the virus resembles a wheel and gets its name. Myth 2: Misuse of antibiotics Rotavirus, like other viruses, is not afraid of antibiotics. Antibiotics destroy the normal bacteria in the intestinal tract, which can easily lead to dysbiosis, secondary infection, stimulate the release of toxins from bacteria, and affect the absorption function of the intestinal tract. Myth 3: Only feed medicine, not rehydration Due to frequent diarrhea, children are easily dehydrated. Parents are only busy feeding medicine and forget to replenish fluids to their children, not knowing that rehydration is the most important treatment and not having enough patience. Myth 4: Fasting Fasting is not advocated nowadays for autumn diarrhea. You can eat some light and easily digestible food, too much greasy food is not suitable for consumption during diarrhea. Also pay attention to hydration to prevent dehydration, which can play a good role in intestinal repair. Parents must keep in mind: Pay attention to hand hygiene: Pay attention to your child’s hand hygiene to prevent diseases from entering through the mouth. Don’t fast: Some parents think “eat more and pull more, don’t eat and don’t pull” when they see their children with diarrhea, so they make a smart move to fast their children. I don’t know, during diarrhea fasting, starvation will increase intestinal peristalsis and worsen diarrhea, and some children will suffer from malnutrition or growth stagnation. To encourage your child to eat, skim milk, thin rice, etc. are better choices. Feed more water: Most pediatric diarrhea starts very quickly, and frequent diarrhea causes rapid loss of water and nutrients in the body, resulting in acute dehydration. The younger the child, the greater the proportion of water to body weight. If a child loses 5% of his body weight in water, symptoms of dehydration will appear (depression, thirst, irritability, weakness, reduced urine output, poor skin elasticity, etc.); if the loss exceeds 15%, convulsions and coma will occur, endangering life. Thus, it is clear that only early prevention and timely correction of dehydration can enable the child to recover as soon as possible.