The sour odor of baby’s stool may be caused by normal conditions, indigestion, lactose intolerance and other reasons.
1. Normal condition: Normal feces contain protein breakdown products, such as indole, fecal deodorant, mercaptan, hydrogen sulfide, etc. There is a certain acidic odor, and most of the time, the baby’s feces without diarrhea or constipation and the feces with acidic odor is normal.
2. Indigestion: the sour smell of the stool is due to protein foods stay in the intestine for too long, through the fermentation of the sour smell, so the baby’s food accumulation leads to food accumulation in the intestinal tract, the discharge of the stool will be sour smell.
3. Lactose intolerance: If the baby’s lactase secretion is insufficient to fully digest the lactose in breast milk, the undigested lactose in the intestinal tract fermentation, producing acid, which leads to the baby’s stool sour odor.
Parents should take their babies to the hospital for examination in a timely manner to clarify the cause of the disease and take effective measures under the guidance of the doctor. Normally, you should pay attention to the baby’s abdomen to keep warm, eat less and more meals.