Question
My two-month-old baby has an unusually high frequency of bowel movements, almost every time the diaper is opened, and each movement is just a little. The baby uses nearly fifty diapers a day, and even flatulence sometimes brings stool. Each bowel movement seems very strained. I don’t know if the baby is suffering from dyspepsia? What medicine can alleviate the symptoms?
Answer
For children with diarrhea, I have the following summaries and suggestions, hoping they can be helpful to you: Diarrhea usually accompanies an increase in stool frequency and changes in appearance, such as loose stools, watery stools, mucous stools, or purulent stools; the color may also change. If the child’s stool changes from a rod-like shape to a paste-like shape, it is also an indication of diarrhea. The most common causes of diarrhea in children are dyspepsia and enteritis. Generally, if a child’s stool contains bubbles, it may indicate dyspepsia because there are too many food residues fermented by intestinal bacteria to produce gas. In addition, it may also be related to the child swallowing too much air while crying. If the child also has vomiting, with sour-smelling vomit or undigested milk clumps, or abdominal distension, with foamy stools but no mucus or pus, and stools that are yellow or slightly greenish paste-like or runny, it is dyspepsia. You can feed some digestive water to help digestion, some Mommy Love to adjust the intestinal flora, and Simethicone for diarrhea. If the child also has severe vomiting, even vomiting immediately after eating, or persistent crying, with stool that is tomato paste-like or watery, or accompanied by mucus, it may be enteritis and needs to be treated promptly; check for regular stool tests to assist in diagnosis. If the child has persistent crying and poor spirits during diarrhea, with stool that is tomato paste-like, be aware of possible intussusception; if the stool has an extremely fishy smell