Four medication misconceptions about pediatric winter diarrhea

  Soon into the winter, we all know that winter is one of the seasons with a high incidence of diarrheal diseases, many children due to cold or infected by germs leading to diarrheal diseases, to their health is very dangerous, the family is also very worried about it, the following for you to introduce four kinds of pediatric winter diarrhea medication myths: Myth 1: immediately stop vomiting and diarrhea Almost most small babies have had the experience of diarrhea, especially However, the baby does not get better, but more and more can not stop the diarrhea, and even dragged a few months are not cured. In fact, the treatment of diarrhea requires a certain course of treatment, and the course of acute diarrhea is generally within two weeks. In fact, diarrhea is a self-protective reaction of the body, which facilitates the discharge of toxins and indigestible food from the body. Therefore, parents do not need to rush to stop diarrhea when their children have diarrhea, especially not to use drugs that inhibit intestinal peristalsis, such as Emmenthal, but to supplement the dehydration and malnutrition caused by diarrhea.  Myth 2: Fasting for diarrhea Some parents also believe that they should not eat anything when they have diarrhea and that fasting can reduce the gastrointestinal burden. In fact, this perception is also wrong. Because people lose a lot of water and inorganic salts when they have diarrhea, fasting or excessive dietary control will, on the contrary, aggravate intestinal peristalsis and worsen diarrhea, and even affect the child’s nutritional absorption and development. Therefore, after diarrhea, if the child is breastfed, continue to exclusively breastfeed, if the child is artificially fed, can be replaced with lactose-free transition, is adding complementary food children can be appropriate to reduce the amount of complementary food, can also suspend complementary food, older children with diarrhea when the diet is properly adjusted to a light diet.  Myth 3: diarrhea to hang saline diarrhea to hang saline. According to the condition, general diarrhea symptoms only require oral rehydration, while infusion is only for children with symptoms of dehydration, the purpose is not to stop diarrhea, but to rehydrate.  Myth 4: Misuse of antibiotics Some mothers want to stop their babies’ diarrhea immediately when their children have diarrhea, so they prescribe a lot of antibiotics themselves or ask their doctors. In fact, there are many bacteria growing in the human intestinal tract, and they form a balanced ecological environment in the body in a certain proportion to maintain the health of people. If you misuse antibiotics, you may kill the beneficial bacteria in the body, resulting in dysbiosis, while those who are not sensitive to antibiotics such as staphylococci and conditionally pathogenic E. coli will lose control and multiply, causing dysbiosis diarrhea.  After understanding the above four medication misconceptions about pediatric winter diarrhea, if there are babies suffering from diarrhea at home in the future, we must pay attention when treating them with medication, and must follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, not because of their blind medication leading to the aggravation of the children’s condition.