When the baby begins to dehydrate can display the following symptoms:
- The heart beats faster than usual
- The mouth, tongue and lips feel dry
- When she cries, tears spring not
- Fewer wet diapers than usual (pass 3 hours or more without urination)
- are less active than usual
These are the symptoms of mild dehydration. If the diarrhea (and / or vomiting) may continue to move to moderate and severe. Then begin to notice these signs:
- The skin loses elasticity (if not down with the finger rapidly back to its original form)
- The baby is lethargic and irritable
- sunk eyes and fontanelle (the soft spot on top of the baby’s head), is also buried
- Spend more than 8 hours without urinating
When it reaches this point, dehydration is very severe and can have serious effects such as loss of consciousness, seizures and several organs may stop working well. So you must know how to act:
- Since the beginning of diarrhea, you should try to keep the baby hydrated. Check with your pediatrician as soon as possible for you to explain what kind of food is getting the baby and he will tell you what changes to incorporate and the steps
- If you’re breastfeeding your baby, follow it and feeding breast milk accelerates recovery
Perhaps also prompted the pediatrician to keep giving her formula (if you take formula) and you offer to baby-electrolyte solutions (such as Pedialyte or Infalyte) to help replace water and minerals lost in diarrhea. Use only what the doctor tells you. Do not give any other home remedies such as drinks or rice water.
- Offer rehydration solutions (with electrolytes) frequently. Even if you take a few ounces every hour, will recover the lost fluid. The-counter in pharmacies, but check with your doctor to recommend you that you must use.
- If diarrhea does not stop, lasts longer than 24 hours or more than 8 stools in 8 hours, urgent calls to the pediatrician because it is a medical emergency and the baby needs immediate care.
- It is also important to call the pediatrician or emergency you take a fever of 102 °F (38.8 °C) or higher, if the stool has blood or pus or if the stools are black, like coffee beans.
- Keep in mind that diarrhea is annoying, but not dangerous if the baby continues to consume fluids and follow your regular diet (either breast milk, formula or baby food according to their stage of growth). If diarrhea does not stop, and vomiting are also accelerate dehydration, takes the baby to the nearest emergency room. If you learn to recognize in time the signs of dehydration, you can take steps to prevent it becoming a serious case and your baby can feel comfortable, satisfied and happy as possible.
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