Question

The baby had a fever at night, with a body temperature of 38.2 degrees, and was diagnosed with tonsillitis by the doctor. After one day of intravenous treatment, the body temperature dropped, but diarrhea symptoms appeared, with feces showing frothy consistency. The next day, the treatment continued, and the feces contained black particles and froth. That evening, the body temperature again showed a low-grade fever of 37.6 degrees. On the third day, the intravenous treatment continued, and the body temperature dropped, with black particles and froth in the feces, accompanied by loose stools. Why does the baby have a fever again after the fever subsides? What causes diarrhea? How should it be treated?

Answer

  1. Suspend the addition of new supplemental food and resume gradually when the condition improves. Be careful not to give your baby too much food at once, especially meat.
  2. If diarrhea is caused by lactose intolerance, it is usually not serious and can be improved after one day by stopping dairy products.
  3. Adjust your baby’s diet to minimize gastrointestinal burden. Provide easy-to-digest foods, such as rice soup and sweetened saline, to restore gastrointestinal function and speed up recovery.
  4. Pay attention to the baby’s abdomen to keep warm, children’s abdomen is susceptible to cold, especially diarrhea intestinal peristalsis accelerated, and then cold will aggravate the condition.