Babies with immature gastrointestinal development are more prone to various gastrointestinal digestive system problems, such as vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. When a baby experiences diarrhea symptoms, the mother must adjust their daily diet in a timely manner to avoid letting the baby continue to eat inappropriate foods. Can the baby eat calcium for diarrhea?
It is best not to continue giving your baby calcium supplements or calcium tablets during diarrhea, because when your baby has diarrhea, the baby's intestinal function will decrease. Even if you eat calcium at this time, the intestines cannot absorb it, and it will also bring a burden to the intestines, which cannot achieve the effect of calcium supplementation. Moreover, suspending calcium supplementation during your baby's illness will not have any adverse effects on your baby. It is best to wait until your baby's diarrhea is cured before continuing to supplement calcium.
In addition, when a baby has diarrhea, they usually seek medical treatment and are given medication. However, the medication given to the baby may have some drug effects with calcium tablets, which not only affects the body's absorption of calcium, but also may affect the normal treatment effect of the medication on diarrhea, causing unnecessary impact on the baby's physical health.
So during the treatment of a baby with diarrhea, it is best for parents to consult with a professional doctor to see if it is possible to suspend the use of calcium tablets or stagger the timing of calcium tablets and medication to avoid affecting the recovery of the baby's illness. At the same time, mothers must know that a balanced daily diet can already meet the baby's calcium needs. Only when the baby shows symptoms of calcium deficiency, do they need to eat calcium to supplement. If calcium is excessively supplemented, it will actually affect the baby's health.
