Symptoms: Diarrhea is also a common winter illness in babies and bothers many parents. Winter diarrhea is usually caused by infection with rotavirus, mainly through gastrointestinal and respiratory tract infections. Rotavirus grows very quickly during periods of falling temperatures, and children are vulnerable to the virus because of their weak resistance and immune system’s inability to adapt quickly to sudden changes in weather. After rotavirus infection, most children often have a sudden onset of illness with fever and many may develop respiratory symptoms such as cough. First, there is vomiting, followed by an increase in the number of stools, such as the “egg-flake soup” type, sometimes with a small amount of mucus, if the rotavirus rapid test is mostly positive.
Most of the rotavirus tests are positive. The whole course of the disease 3-8 days, due to vomiting, diarrhea, eating mother’s milk or general formula can aggravate the symptoms, so a few days after the course of the disease “vitality” is greatly injured, after 1-2 months of fine care weight is not restored to the original level. Prevention: 1, pay attention to feeding hygiene Encourage breastfeeding, especially in the months after birth is most important, because breast milk is most suitable for the baby’s nutritional needs and digestive capacity, breast milk contains IgA, has the role of preventing infection rotavirus. If artificial feeding should pay attention to dietary hygiene, each feeding before washing and scalding food utensils with boiling water, preferably boiling once a day. 2, add complementary foods on time Generally speaking, from the baby 6 months onwards can gradually add some complementary foods to the baby, such as egg yolk, rice soup, etc., timely addition of complementary foods for the baby can meet the baby’s nutritional needs, enhance the baby’s physical fitness. Care: 1. Prevent dehydration Baby diarrhea is easily dehydrated, when the baby does not think about eating, you should give the baby saline, the amount taken is generally 20ml ~ 40ml for the first 4 hours, and later at any time orally, how much you can drink to how much. 2, maintain nutrition The baby with diarrhea has lost more nutrients in his body, he should be given enough food to prevent malnutrition, but should follow the principle of less to more, and gradually transition to a normal diet according to the baby’s ability to adapt. 3.Rational medication Since diarrhea in autumn and winter is mostly caused by viruses, there is no need to use antibiotics to treat it, and most babies can heal themselves within a few days with good prevention of dehydration and fluid supplementation.