Handle Diarrhea In Children
First aid tips for infants with diarrhea is very easy, the mothers must be upset if their children defecate more than 7 times in a day or more often called diarrhea.
Parents should be patient and calmer assess her condition, basically diarrhea is self-limiting disease (self-limiting disease), the concern of diarrhea is dehydration, so parents should know about preventing dehydration and signs of dehydration in children diarrhea.
Diarrhea of infants and toddlers who need more fluids to replace body fluids lost through the feces and vomit. Appropriate fluid administration with an adequate number of primary capital to prevent dehydration. Fluids should be given little by little with frequency as often as possible.
ORS is a choice of fluids to prevent and treat dehydration. ORS is equipped with the electrolyte, so as to replace lost electrolytes are involved with fluid.
Read the rules of the use of ORS well, how much water should be prepared to make a solution of oral rehydration salts, so that the appropriate dose may be given oral rehydration salts. Soup or plain water solution is practical and almost as effective as oral rehydration efforts to prevent dehydration.
Liquids commonly referred to as liquid household must be given while the child is diarrhea. Give the liquid with a spoon, spoonful every 1-2 minutes. For an older child may be drinking straight from a glass / cup to sip frequently. If there is vomiting, the mother can stop the liquids for about 10 minutes, then the liquid is given slowly (eg a spoon every 2-3 minutes).
In addition to fluids, breastfeeding and complementary feeding should be continued so that children do not fall in a state of malnutrition and growth is not disturbed. In contrast, solutions of high sugar content hiperosmoler because should not be given, for example, is a very sweet tea, soft drinks and sweetened fruit drink commercial.
Parents should know the signs of worsening diarrhea. Take the child to the health care facility or a doctor if the condition did not improve in 3 days or liquid bowel movements become more frequent, repeated vomiting, eat or drink very little, there is a child's fever and bloody stools.
Do not wait any longer if the child shows signs of dehydration, the child was very fussy or just apathetic and lethargic in the further dehydration. For children less than one year, can be seen or touched a concave top of his head. On a mild and moderate dehydration, the child looked very thirsty, but when severe dehydration, the child just does not feel hungry anymore.
Skin turgor may also be examined in the abdominal area which will reduce flexibility if the child is dehydrated. You do this by clamping or pinching the skin for 30-60 seconds, then release. When turgor the skin is still good, the skin will quickly return to its original state. If not, the return will be slow. In addition, children who are dehydrated will look sunken eyes, crying out not tears, not urinating, dry mouth and tongue look.
If these things happen, children need to be addressed by health workers. Antibiotics are not routinely given, only in certain cases doctors will prescribe antibiotics. At present more often given a kind of probiotic food is mixed in a liquid or a child. The objective of probiotics is to multiply the "good bacteria" that can shorten an episode of diarrhea.
So far, antidiarrheal medication in children can cause risky side effects are quite dangerous. These risks may include nausea, vomiting and even severe enough, the incidence of paralytic ileus (intestinal disorders) that can have fatal consequences, indeed, they often require surgery.
Parents should be patient and calmer assess her condition, basically diarrhea is self-limiting disease (self-limiting disease), the concern of diarrhea is dehydration, so parents should know about preventing dehydration and signs of dehydration in children diarrhea.
Diarrhea of infants and toddlers who need more fluids to replace body fluids lost through the feces and vomit. Appropriate fluid administration with an adequate number of primary capital to prevent dehydration. Fluids should be given little by little with frequency as often as possible.
ORS is a choice of fluids to prevent and treat dehydration. ORS is equipped with the electrolyte, so as to replace lost electrolytes are involved with fluid.
Read the rules of the use of ORS well, how much water should be prepared to make a solution of oral rehydration salts, so that the appropriate dose may be given oral rehydration salts. Soup or plain water solution is practical and almost as effective as oral rehydration efforts to prevent dehydration.
Liquids commonly referred to as liquid household must be given while the child is diarrhea. Give the liquid with a spoon, spoonful every 1-2 minutes. For an older child may be drinking straight from a glass / cup to sip frequently. If there is vomiting, the mother can stop the liquids for about 10 minutes, then the liquid is given slowly (eg a spoon every 2-3 minutes).
In addition to fluids, breastfeeding and complementary feeding should be continued so that children do not fall in a state of malnutrition and growth is not disturbed. In contrast, solutions of high sugar content hiperosmoler because should not be given, for example, is a very sweet tea, soft drinks and sweetened fruit drink commercial.
Parents should know the signs of worsening diarrhea. Take the child to the health care facility or a doctor if the condition did not improve in 3 days or liquid bowel movements become more frequent, repeated vomiting, eat or drink very little, there is a child's fever and bloody stools.
Do not wait any longer if the child shows signs of dehydration, the child was very fussy or just apathetic and lethargic in the further dehydration. For children less than one year, can be seen or touched a concave top of his head. On a mild and moderate dehydration, the child looked very thirsty, but when severe dehydration, the child just does not feel hungry anymore.
Skin turgor may also be examined in the abdominal area which will reduce flexibility if the child is dehydrated. You do this by clamping or pinching the skin for 30-60 seconds, then release. When turgor the skin is still good, the skin will quickly return to its original state. If not, the return will be slow. In addition, children who are dehydrated will look sunken eyes, crying out not tears, not urinating, dry mouth and tongue look.
If these things happen, children need to be addressed by health workers. Antibiotics are not routinely given, only in certain cases doctors will prescribe antibiotics. At present more often given a kind of probiotic food is mixed in a liquid or a child. The objective of probiotics is to multiply the "good bacteria" that can shorten an episode of diarrhea.
So far, antidiarrheal medication in children can cause risky side effects are quite dangerous. These risks may include nausea, vomiting and even severe enough, the incidence of paralytic ileus (intestinal disorders) that can have fatal consequences, indeed, they often require surgery.
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