Posts Tagged ‘Baby with Diarrhea: Identifying the signs of dehydration’
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 Read the rest of this entry »
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