What about diarrhea and dehydration in autumn and winter? Pediatric nurse: Parents should learn these rehydration formulas.

In the emergency room, I often see some parents holding their children with a flustered face, saying that the children have diarrhea for several days, and the children are very upset and cry when they are coaxed. Finally, when the doctor sees that the child has diarrhea and dehydration, he should give the child fluid replacement at this time to avoid electrolyte and acid-base balance disorder.

Simply put, when a baby has diarrhea, it will lose a lot of body fluids. With the loss of water, there will be the loss of electrolytes such as potassium and sodium, and sodium is an important factor to maintain the balance of our body fluids. Persistent diarrhea leads to electrolyte disorder, and at this time, the baby is particularly irritable due to illness, eats less, and body fluids are not replenished in time, which will lead to dehydration.

In infancy, the demand for water is particularly large, which is very important for baby health. On the other hand, due to the incomplete development of infants, the function of regulating body fluid balance is not yet mature. When water is not replenished in time or lost in large quantities, it is easy to cause hypernatremia and acidosis.

Baby dehydration, judging the degree of dehydration is the first step. According to the severity of dehydration, symptomatic treatment can cure the disease. We can make a comprehensive judgment according to the baby's eye socket, skin elasticity, urine output, tears and other performances.

1, oral rehydration salts

At present, an oral liquid recommended by the World Health Organization for dehydration caused by diarrhea has a good effect. His formula is: sodium chloride 2.6g, sodium citrate 2.9g, potassium chloride 1.5g, glucose 13.5g, which is dissolved in warm water 1000ml before use, and can generally be used for infants with mild or moderate dehydration and no other serious symptoms.

2, the family version of oral rehydration salts

In some emergencies, such as staying away from pharmacies and hospitals, you can't buy recommended oral rehydration salts, but when your baby needs rehydration urgently, you can make simple rehydration salts with rice soup and rice noodles at home.

Rice flour rehydration salt: add 1200ml water to 50g rice flour, boil 15min, take out 1000ml after cooling, and add 3.5g of sodium chloride, 0.5g of potassium chloride/kloc-0, and 2.5g of sodium bicarbonate.

Rice soup rehydration salt: 500ml rice soup, 1.75g edible salt, about half a beer lid.

After preparing rehydration salt for the baby, rehydrate according to the degree of dehydration. The oral rehydration fluid for mild dehydration is 50-80ml/kg, and that for moderate dehydration is 80- 100ml/kg. Rehydration should be done step by step, not in a hurry, to prevent excessive intake and increase the burden on the heart and kidneys.

A small amount of rehydration and water supplement within 8- 12 hours can obviously correct dehydration. When the baby has serious symptoms, he should go to the hospital immediately and can't replenish water by himself.

1, choose soft cotton cloth or diapers with strong water absorption, but not plastic cloth and rubber cloth, which will affect ventilation.

2. Wash your baby's buttocks with warm water in time after defecation. When the skin is red, apply 5% tannic acid ointment and 40% zinc oxide oil, and gently massage.

3. Female babies should pay special attention to hygiene to prevent urinary tract infection because the urethral orifice is close to the anus.