Children are prone to diarrhea, especially infants under the age of one week. Diarrhea kills up to 5-18 million children worldwide every year. In China, pediatric diarrhea is the second most common and frequent disease after respiratory infections. Why are children especially prone to diarrhea? This is the child’s physiological characteristics of the decision. Children’s gastrointestinal tract has not yet matured, especially the stomach acid than the cost of low, poor sterilization capacity; coupled with too much summer eating drinks, and dilute the stomach acid, so that the germs can not eat too many drinks, and dilute the stomach acid, so that the germs can not be killed by the stomach acid, it is very easy to break through the gate of the stomach acid into the intestinal tract and cause diarrhea. In addition, children’s gastrointestinal tract of various digestive enzymes than the adult secretion less, which is not conducive to the digestion of food, easy to cause indigestion, resulting in diarrhea. Furthermore, infants and young children grow rapidly, need sufficient nutrition, and these nutrients have to go through the gastrointestinal tract to digest and absorb, compared with the cost of children’s gastrointestinal tract, the burden is relatively heavy, prone to digestive disorders. High temperatures in summer, bacteria are easy to reproduce, is also one of the reasons for increased infection. For the prevention and treatment of pediatric diarrhea, in recent years put forward some new ideas that are different from those of the past: advocate breastfeeding breast milk contains a variety of digestive enzymes and antibodies needed by children, a variety of nutrients are very suitable for the digestion and absorption of children, than cow’s milk and all breast milk substitutes superior to a lot of people, and hygiene, economy, convenient service. Breastfeeding can prevent pediatric diarrhea. According to the World Health Organization, if breastfeeding is widely publicized, 1 million babies around the world can be saved from death every year. Give up the bottle, switch to bowls and spoons tutti-frutti because bottles are easily contaminated, not easy to clean and disinfect, especially rubber nipples, it is easy to contaminate germs, resulting in pediatric diarrhea. Switch to bowls and spoons, the chance of contamination is less than the bottle. For the sake of the child’s health, parents may wish to try. Do not abuse antibiotics At present, pediatric diarrhea, the application of a variety of antibiotics is very common, while in fact about half of pediatric diarrhea is caused by viruses, or due to improper diet. These causes of diarrhea, antibacterial drugs are not only ineffective, but will kill the normal intestinal flora, causing flora disorders, aggravate diarrhea. In recent years, many ecological preparations have appeared, such as bifidobacteria preparations, whole intestine, Pepcid, lactobacillus tablets and so on. These drugs are to support the normal intestinal flora for the purpose of biological antagonism, inhibit the growth of germs, indirectly achieve the effect of killing germs, and no side effects. Of course, for serious diarrhea, the rational use of antibacterial drugs is also necessary. Children with diarrhea should not be fasting In the past, children with diarrhea, more emphasis on dietary restrictions, or simply fasting. The reason is to let the gastrointestinal tract to rest, and that after fasting, diarrhea will be reduced. In recent years, the consensus is that fasting is harmful. Especially in the case of diarrhea, a large loss of water, will aggravate dehydration and acidosis; at the same time, eating too little, the child is in a state of starvation, will cause intestinal peristalsis and excessive secretion of digestive juices in the intestinal wall and aggravate diarrhea. Therefore, scholars now believe that there is no need to fast when diarrhea, should be more water, especially nutritious fluid or semi-fluid diet, such as rice porridge, noodles, milk, broth and so on. As long as the child can eat, the spirit is good, give the appropriate diet, the child even if the number of diarrhea more often, will gradually get better.