Autumn diarrhea
Release time : 06/12/2025 09:30:03
Diarrhea is often one of the "four common diseases" among pediatricians, and almost every mother has been troubled by her baby's diarrhea. As autumn approaches and the weather gradually cools down, a baby's "stomach" can get cold easily. Especially for younger babies, when they start to get sick, it can be a real shock for inexperienced "new moms".
To get rid of the "diarrhea king" of autumn and let babies safely pass through autumn, meticulous mothers need to have a more comprehensive understanding of prevention knowledge and care for baby diarrhea in autumn. Let's learn together now.
What is autumn diarrhea? As the name suggests, it is an ailment that occurs during the autumn and winter seasons.
Diarrhea that occurs in the fall season, from October to November, is most common among infants aged 6 months to 3 years.
The virus causing diarrhea in infants is named rotavirus because it resembles a wheel.
Diarrhea in autumn is a self-limiting disease, generally without specific medications for treatment, and most affected infants will naturally stop diarrhea within about one week.
The main symptoms of autumn diarrhea are rapid onset, often accompanied by upper respiratory tract symptoms such as cough, nasal congestion, and runny nose. Some children may also experience a fever, which is generally between 38℃ and 40℃, with most cases being low-grade fever, rarely reaching high fever.
Subsequently, he began to experience diarrhea, with the stools appearing like water or egg drop soup, being copious and lacking any acrid odor, and occurring up to ten times daily.
Additionally, some babies may exhibit vomiting symptoms, which typically occur during the initial stages of illness and usually last no more than three days.
It should be noted that if the baby is malnourished, frail, or suffers from rickets, diarrhea may last for a long time.
Therefore, mothers should replenish water to their babies in time to prevent their babies from experiencing dehydration due to excessive diarrhea.
How to prevent autumn diarrhea? At present, taking vaccines is currently the most effective way to prevent autumn diarrhea.
However, because rotavirus has four different subtypes: A, B, C, and D, it is impossible for the vaccine to cover all subtypes. In addition, each baby's resistance is different. Once a baby's resistance is low, even if you take the vaccine, viral infection may also occur.
Therefore, in order to stay away from rotavirus completely, mothers must do the following tasks: 1. Keep the home environment clean and leave no sanitary dead spots.
2. Strengthen your baby's physical exercise and enhance your resistance.
3. Baby's utensils and toys should be washed and disinfected frequently.
4. Keep your baby away from patients with acute diarrhea.
5. Guide your baby to develop the good habit of washing hands before and after meals, not drinking raw water, and not eating unclean food indiscriminately.
6. Mothers who are still nursing should pay attention to the cleanliness of their breasts and change their underwear frequently to reduce the chance of their babies contracting the virus.
How to care for babies with diarrhea At present, there are no specific drugs for treating autumn diarrhea, and general anti-inflammatory drugs are ineffective against it.
For treatment, the only way is to replenish water and electrolytes.
Therefore, in home care, preventing dehydration is the most important link.
If your baby suffers from autumn diarrhea, please keep in mind the following four key care points: 1 Prevention of dehydration-Dehydration refers to a phenomenon in which a large amount of fluid in the body is lost outside the body, affecting organ function, and in severe cases, life-threatening.
Babies with diarrhea can take 20 - 40ml/kg of specific liquids in the first 4 hours, such as rice soup with salt solution, sugar and salt, and take them orally at any time in the future. Give as much as you can drink.
2. Protection of the buttocks - Due to an increase in bowel movements, there are varying degrees of damage to the skin around the baby's anus. Mothers should gently wipe with soft toilet paper after a bowel movement or lightly clean with a damp cloth dipped in water. After cleaning, apply some kind of ointment to prevent redness and irritation. It is also important to change the diaper in a timely manner to avoid further ulceration.
3. Abdominal Warmth - As babies' abdomens are prone to coldness, and for infants with diarrhea, their intestines already have accelerated peristalsis. If the abdomen is exposed to cold, it will further speed up the peristalsis, thereby exacerbating the diarrhea condition. Therefore, special attention should be paid to maintaining warmth.
You can appropriately increase the child's clothing, or use a diaper cover to wrap around the baby's belly.
You may also use a hot water bottle to apply heat to the baby's abdominal area, and gently knead the belly to alleviate pain.
4. Oral Care - Ensure the diarrheic baby drinks plenty of water to clean their mouth, preventing thrush caused by the growth of oral molds.
After vomiting, cotton swabs moistened with warm water can be used to gently wipe the mouth.
Diarrhea in infants requires special dietary arrangements. Besides rehydrating the child to prevent dehydration, the diet should be adjusted according to the specific pathophysiological characteristics of the disease, individual digestive and absorption functions, and previous dietary habits.
However, it is not necessary to restrict diet or even fast.
Because when the baby has diarrhea, it eats and absorbs less, and the nutritional needs increase, if not supplemented in time, it will affect the recovery of the baby.
Specific feeding amounts: Mothers can refer to the following standards: 1. For breastfeeding babies, it is advisable to reduce the duration of breastfeeding by half to decrease the amount of milk consumed.
2. It is best to feed artificially fed babies with skimmed milk. If diarrhea is serious, they can switch to rice soup and stop adding complementary foods. Wait until the baby's condition improves for about a week before returning to the previous normal diet.
Other precautions 1. If the baby still does not improve three days after the onset of the disease, or if the number and amount of diarrhea increases within three days, the number and amount of diarrhea increases, inability to eat normally, frequent vomiting, fever, obvious thirst, bloody stool and other symptoms, you should seek medical attention promptly.
2. During your baby's diarrhea, avoid greasy foods, such as French fries and fried food.
Foods with too much crude fiber, such as pineapples and peppers.
Allergic foods such as seafood and eggs.
Raw and cold food, such as ice cream.
* The medical part covered in this article is for reading and reference only.
If you feel unwell, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately, and the medical diagnosis and treatment will be subject to offline diagnosis.