Parents should not abuse antidiarrheal drugs after "beginning of summer".
life daily Daily reporter Gao Mingxing Intern Wang Xiaoyang
5 day is the lunar calendar "Lixia" throttle, which also announces the arrival of the summer. Paediatricians warn that diarrhea is more frequent after the onset of summer, and young parents must pay more attention.
Yang Xianchun, the director of paediatrics and traditional Chinese medicine of Ji'nan Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, introduced the reason for the diarrhea in children in summer. It is because the children's gastrointestinal tract is not mature. After "Lixia", it began to eat more drinks, dilute the stomach acid, causing the pathogen to easily break through the stomach acid, and enter the intestines to cause diarrhea. After the beginning of summer, the temperature becomes higher and the bacteria tend to propagate. This is also one of the reasons for easy infection. He said that children with physiological diarrhea are more common within 8 months, and children are not ill and do not need medication. Infectious diarrhea is mainly caused by bacteria and viruses. Antibiotics should be used.
Yang Xianchun reminded parents that children should not use antidiarrheal drugs too early after diarrhea. Because there are many causes of diarrhea, symptomatic treatment is necessary. Abuse of antidiarrheal drugs will mask symptoms and aggravate the condition.