Diarrhea, baby care

The diarrhea occurs when theinner cover of the intestine suffers an injury. What makes the stool softerthan usual means that the ingested nutrients are not digested or absorbedproperly by the intestine.



Injured tissue also tends tofilter liquids, which are lost and mineral salts. These losses are compoundedif your baby eats food or sugary drinks because the sugar is not absorbed, itattracts more fluid, worsening diarrhea.

If your child has vomitingfollowed by diarrhea within a few days, may have a viral infection in theintestinal tract.


If you are breast-feeding, yourpediatrician will suggest to continue breastfeeding, and if it does probablyformula, but some pediatricians suggest feed our child with a special solutionthat contains electrolytes (salt and potassium) and sugar.

When you enter the milk ispossible that the doctor may recommend you start feeding different milk forseveral days, These is because of the diarrhea can kill the enzymes necessaryto digest the sugar in cow's milk.