Choice of medical and natural medicines for children who are diarrhea
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Diarrhea can affect anyone, including small children.
Children with diarrhea will often go back and forth CHAPTERS with flabby or
liquid feces. Common diarrhea occurs due to infections that attack the child's
digestive system at the time of their endurance. This condition can end in
danger if the child is not given proper care and medication. What are the
medications and treatments when diarrhea is appropriate for the child?
Choice of diarrhea medication for small children
There are basically 3 important points that must be obeyed
to treat diarrhea in children, which is 1) rehydration (restoring the lost
fluid); 2) provide a zinc supplement; 3) Continuing feeding.
1. Liquid Ors
Rehydration to restore the lost body fluids can give the
child drink the oralit. Parents can give
the Ors when the child's feces diarrhea begins to dilute and watery.
Dilute and liquid feces can cause children to be dehydrated.
Dehydration can also be marked when the urine of the child during urination
appears less than usual.
Well, ORS can help replenish the body fluid and electrolyte
levels of the child is lost. The oralit is a liquid containing water, sugar,
and salt. Oralit can be purchased at the pharmacy as a diarrhea medication for
children. A Racikors based on the packaging instructions.
For infants, give 60-120 ML of the liquid Ors after the
chapter. You can also continue to provide breast milk, in addition to using an
ORS medication for babies who are diarrhea. While for children over 1 year,
give 120-240 ML of liquid ors after bowel movements.
Please note: Do not give the drug as the only liquid that
enters the child's body within the first 6 hours. Coupled with mineral water
and other foods containing calories to give the child sufficient energy.
2. Zinc Supplements
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia advised
parents to provide zinc supplements to help recovery of children's diarrhea.
Zinc supplements as a diarrhoea medication for children can be purchased at
pharmacies.
Zinc administration proved to reduce the severity of
diarrhea symptoms and help children heal faster. The statement was also
described by a study in the Journal of the Indian Journal of Pharmacology in
2011. The results of the study showed that the administration of zinc
supplement along with the solution of the orchestra could reduce the duration
of diarrhea sick children.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommends
parents to provide children with zinc supplements at a dose of 20 mg every day
for 10-14 days to cope with acute diarrhea. However if the age of the child is
still under 6 months, give 10 mg of zinc supplements per day during diarrhea.
The administration of zinc supplements also aims to prevent
children from returning diarrhea in the next 2-3 months.
3. Food is easy to digest
Children's digestion that diarrhea is still inflamed so it
can not work hard to process food well.
Therefore, parents are advised to provide children with carbohydrate
and high calorie diet, but low in fiber. This type of food will be easier and
faster to digest. Carbohydrate and calorie intake helps to increase the child's
body energy.
If the child is aged 0-6 months, continue to give breast
milk when it is diarrhea. If it is 6 months old and above, also give breast
milk and also a food support that is mashed breast milk.
Here are some good foods consumed for children with
diarrhea:
White rice
Rice contains simple carbohydrates that can restore your child's
energy during diarrhea. In addition, white rice is also low in fiber so easily
digestible by the child's stomach
Mashed apples
Apple puree can be a source of energizing the body when
diarrhea strikes your child. Apples also have pectin content that helps
condense the stool of children.
Banana
Just like apples, bananas can be a drug of diarrhea for
children who can already eat BREAST feeding support.
Bananas contain pectin which serves to make the texture of
the feces more dense. Do not forget also the content of carbohydrates in
bananas can add energy when the child looks weak as a result of continuing to
waste water.
Do not provide antidiarrhea medication for children
So, according to Hospital Care for Children, a health
website of the cooperation of various children's health institutes and
hospitals from Australia, UK, Kenya and WHO.
The site of Hospital Care for Children, antidiarrheal
medication does not prevent dehydration nor improve child nutrition. Treatment
of diarrhea for children can instead risk causing dangerous side effects, even
fatal.
You should consult a pediatrician regarding the use of
diarrhea medication for your child.
Other diarrhea treatments at home
1. Drink plenty of fluids
While giving the child to drink the Oralit, it is also a
fluid intake from other sources. Because when diarrhea, body fluids will
continue to be wasted a lot out with feces.
The fluids that you can provide can be mineral water, fresh
fruit juice without sugar (for example, apple juice), and also food in gravy.
You can give food that is not spicy and not oily like warm chicken soup, tomato
soup, or spinach vegetable.
Rehydration also with breast milk if your child is still
breastfeeding. Still give breast milk more often and longer than usual, in addition
to the occasional treatment of the Ors solution using a spoon.
If diarrhea has ceased, continue the exclusive breast milk
according to the age of the child.
2. Probiotic Foods and drinks
Probiotics are healthy bacteria that can fight off bad bacteria
in the digestive system. Probiotics can be found in fermented foods and
beverages.
Parents can give food or drink probiotics as a natural
remedy for diarrhea in children.
One of the food or probiotic drinks that a child can eat is
yogurt. For children over 1 year old, give 2-6 ounces (60 to 180 ml) of yogurt
twice a day.
It is not known to be safe or whether to provide yogurt as a
natural diarrhea remedy for infants younger than 1 year old. You can consult a
pediatrician for further clarification.
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