Question

How to treat recurring diarrhea in children?

Answer

Treatment for recurring diarrhea in children involves several aspects:

  1. Dietary Therapy: Appropriate nutritional supply is crucial for promoting disease recovery, reducing the extent of weight loss and growth cessation, shortening the recovery time after diarrhea, and preventing malnutrition. After diarrhea stops, continue to provide a rich diet and add a meal once a day for two weeks to catch up on normal growth. The recovery period for malnutrition or chronic diarrhea may take longer, until malnutrition is restored.
  2. Care: For infectious diarrhea, attention should be paid to disinfection and isolation. Observe vomiting, bowel movements, and urination, provide water or oral rehydration solutions on time, and control the rate of intravenous fluid administration. Strengthen eye care to prevent aspiration due to vomiting and frequently turn over to prevent secondary pneumonia.
  3. Infection Control: Viral enteritis is mainly treated with dietary therapy and supportive treatment and does not require the use of antibiotics. Acute enteritis caused by non-invasive bacteria is usually self-limiting and can be cured with supportive therapy alone. However, for newborns, infants, frail children, and severe patients, it is still recommended to use antibiotics. Invasive bacterial enteritis generally requires antibiotic treatment. The following are some recommended antibiotic treatment methods for bacterial infections: