Breast milk diarrhea is a common disease among infants. When this type of diarrhea occurs, the baby continues to have diarrhea but no other pain, and the stool is very thin and smelly. In addition, the baby will not have symptoms of inflammation or fever, and there will be no abnormalities during the examination. In fact, if this diarrhea persists for a long time, it can also have an impact on the health of infants.
Breastfeeded babies have foul smelling feces
Mild cases of breast milk diarrhea in infants have a stool frequency of about 10 times a day, occasional vomiting, and frequent mental and facial symptoms. The frequency and volume of urination are also significant.
The severely ill child has 10-20 times of stool every day, and the stool is like thin Egg&vegetable soup. The sick child cries in bursts, has little or no urine, and has dehydration symptoms. The sick child is mentally atrophied, lethargic or unconscious. The disease essence will continue to develop, and will have shock due to decreased blood pressure.
The course of persistent diarrhea lasts for more than one month, and the condition can be mild or severe, with frequent vomiting and diarrhea resembling severe diarrhea in severe cases. However, due to the prolonged course of the disease, the affected children often exhibit chronic malnutrition, accompanied by secondary infections in various parts.
Diarrhea is a common and frequently occurring disease in infants and young children, and regardless of the severity of the condition, timely treatment is necessary. If children with mild illnesses are not treated for a long time, they will develop into persistent diarrhea. Severely ill children with water and electrolyte imbalances must be promptly sent to the hospital for treatment, as delays can lead to life-threatening situations.
How to treat the foul smelling feces from breastfeeding babies
Generally, mild physiological diarrhea does not require treatment and breastfeeding can continue. In this way, the baby's body will gradually adapt to the prostaglandins in breast milk, and lactase will gradually develop and mature. The activity of the enzyme will increase, and it will gradually be able to break down, digest, and absorb lactose, and gradually improve with the increase of complementary foods. In terms of diet, you can feed 100 ml of fresh soybean milk plus 5 grams of glucose milk substitute, and the physiological diarrhea can be controlled. Soybean milk should not be used alone for a long time, and fish protein should be added gradually. The specific method is to mix 5 grams of fish protein with 180 milliliters of rice soup. Generally, infants can be fed 3 meals a day.
For severe breast milk diarrhea, treatment should be sought. In this case, we can generally use traditional Chinese medicine, Jianpi Zhixie capsule. According to the size and dosage of age, we can take the medicine in the capsule after removing the capsule. At the same time, we can also use acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment. The effect is very good.
If you find that a breastfed baby has foul smelling feces, you must go to the hospital for a check-up to see if the baby is suffering from breast milk diarrhea. The early stage of this disease is mild, but if left untreated for a long time, it can eventually develop into persistent diarrhea, which increases the cost and time of treatment and poses a huge threat to the health of infants.
