Question
What are the treatment methods for children’s diarrhea? My child is one and a half years old and has a slight case of diarrhea with mucus, occurring three to four times a day. Sometimes there’s only yellow mucus without bowel movements, and the amount of mucus is not much. How should it be treated? What role does Combi-B play in treating children’s diarrhea? Please advise! Thank you!
Answer
Hello: The treatment for children’s diarrhea includes the following aspects: (1) Dietary Treatment: Adequate nutritional supply during diarrhea is important for promoting disease recovery, reducing the extent of weight loss and growth stasis, shortening the recovery time after diarrhea, and preventing malnutrition. After diarrhea stops, continue to provide nutritious food and have an additional meal daily for two weeks to catch up with normal growth. Children with malnutrition or those in the recovery period of chronic diarrhea may take longer to recover until malnutrition is restored. (2) Nursing Care: Pay attention to disinfection and isolation for infectious diarrhea. Monitor vomiting, bowel movements, and urination. Feed water or oral rehydration solutions containing salt on time and control the speed of intravenous fluid administration. Strengthen eye care to prevent aspiration due to vomiting. Turn frequently to prevent secondary pneumonia. (3) Infection Control: Viral enteritis is primarily treated with dietary therapy and supportive treatment without the use of antibacterial drugs. Acute enteritis caused by non-invasive bacteria is often self-limiting, requiring only supportive treatment.