In daily life, babies may experience mild diarrhea, which is sometimes inevitable. But if diarrhea contains bloody substances, it has a more serious pathological tendency. But sometimes the mother is not clear about what caused this. So, what's going on with the baby's blood?
There are many reasons for the presence of blood in a baby's bowel movements, and the most common causes are as follows:
1. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding. When a baby lacks trace elements such as vitamin K, it may cause metabolic dysfunction and internal organ bleeding. However, if this bleeding occurs during the baby's bowel movements, its color will be darker.
2. Small intestinal bleeding. This is commonly seen in acute enteritis, intussusception, small intestinal tumors, and other diseases. So, we also need to be alert to whether babies have such intestinal diseases that can cause rectal bleeding.
3. Rectal bleeding. Rectal bleeding in infants is commonly caused by constipation due to dry stool. If difficulty in defecation causes anal fissures, it is easy to have blood in the stool, and the color of this blood is mostly bright red.
4. Some other types of diseases can also cause babies to have blood in their stool. For example, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, typhoid fever and typhoid fever in children, hookworm disease, vitamin K deficiency, and so on. If a baby has rectal bleeding, it is important to seek medical attention early and receive treatment as soon as possible after a clear diagnosis is made.
