Many parents do not know how to reasonably use medication for diarrhea in infants and children. It is incorrect to think that it is better to starve for a few meals. This is because infants and young children have a high nutritional requirement and the amount of excretion increases when they have diarrhea. Children with diarrhea still have digestive capacity and should continue to be fed easily digestible food to ensure their body’s nutritional needs and to supplement the consumption of the disease, which can promote recovery from the disease. Children with diarrhea can be given breast milk, milk, rice flour, rice soup, and thin gruel to feed, and the original diet can be resumed sooner after the diarrhea stops. The serious consequence of diarrhea in infants and young children is that it can lead to a large loss of water and electrolytes and the occurrence of dehydration and electrolyte disorders, so children with diarrhea should be given more water and electrolytes to prevent dehydration. You can give rice soup or water 500ml with 1.75g of fine salt (the amount of one beer bottle cap) to drink at any time. How to reasonably use medication for diarrhea in infants and children 1. Do not abuse antibiotics Do not apply antibiotics for diarrhea caused by non-infectious factors such as improper diet, climate change or infection. Blind application of antibiotics can lead to dysbiosis of the intestinal flora of the child and aggravate diarrhea. The infectious diarrhea caused by bacterial infection should be treated with antibiotics reasonably chosen for the causative bacteria under the guidance of a doctor. 2, do not abuse anti-diarrhea drugs Some parents see that their babies have more than diarrhea, ask the doctor to stop the diarrhea or buy their own anti-diarrhea drugs to the baby to take, the result is not only the child’s diarrhea does not improve, may also aggravate its condition. In fact, diarrhea is a self-protective reaction of the body, which facilitates the elimination of toxins and undigested food from the body. Therefore, parents should not rush to stop diarrhea when treating children’s diarrhea, especially not to use drugs that inhibit intestinal peristalsis such as Emmental. Once a child has severe diarrhea and shows symptoms of dehydration such as thirst, little urine, crying without tears, and sunken eyes, he or she should immediately go to the hospital and, under the guidance of a doctor, use oral rehydration salts recommended by the World Health Organization to correct dehydration in children with mild to moderate dehydration. For children with severe dehydration, intravenous rehydration should be used to correct the dehydration.