Question
An eight-month-old baby is experiencing severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, with more than ten bowel movements a day, and the stool is sticky. It is suspected that the intestinal mucosa is damaged. How should it be handled?
Answer
If a baby experiences upper gastrointestinal bleeding, it may present with tarry or black stools; lower gastrointestinal bleeding usually results in brighter red blood in the stool. The first step should be a fecal occult blood test. If the result is positive, it confirms the presence of bleeding; if negative, it may be due to dietary factors or other causes. For babies with intestinal mucosal damage, the primary treatment is antibacterial therapy, using antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medications to protect the intestinal mucosa, and cooperate with promoting wound healing medications to gradually restore the baby’s normal intestinal mucosal damage site.