Question
What should I do if my baby’s stool looks like egg flowers?
Answer
The baby has many bowel movements daily (5-6 times), sometimes in the shape of egg flowers, which may indicate dyspepsia. The child is only four months old and was hospitalized for a week last month due to diarrhea, but the symptoms have not improved significantly. Although the baby has a good appetite and is in good spirits, diarrhea persists. There are many causes of childhood diarrhea, such as consuming unclean food, being infected with pathogenic bacteria or viruses leading to enteritis, or eating spoiled milk or other foods causing gastrointestinal inflammation, vomiting, and diarrhea. Additionally, gastrointestinal dysfunction in children may also cause diarrhea, such as eating too much or too little and not getting enough food. When weaning or during sudden changes in weather, the child’s digestive system may not adapt to the chaos and result in diarrhea. Moreover, some children’s diarrhea is not related to any disease; it only manifests as diarrhea without other abnormalities. The medical community believes that this type of diarrhea is due to increased intestinal peristalsis caused by hunger in children, which increases the frequency of bowel movements. Generally, after gradually increasing the intake of food, the frequency of bowel movements will return to normal. If the baby continues to have diarrhea, please seek medical attention and follow the doctor’s advice and treatment plan.