Diarrhoea – symptoms, causes & Treatment
Diarrhoea- It is common in children. Diarrhoea is a condition in which faeces are discharged from the bowels frequently and in a liquid form.
Causes of Diarrhoea-
1. Irregular eating habits and time.
2. Excessive consumption of milk by child
3. Consumption of fat-rich milk by an infant other than mother’s milk.
4. Giving cold and rancid milk to child
5. Consumption of stodgy and spicy food by breastfeeding mothers.
6. Beginning of dentition in the child
7. More of winter or summer season
8. Child suffering from fever, cough and cold.
Treatment of Diarrhoea –
1. Stop giving milk to the child except mother’s milk
2. Do not give solid food to child
3. Maintain hygiene of milk bottle, nipple and other utensils coming in contact with baby’s milk.
4. Rice starch or barley water can be given
5. To compensate for the loss of water and salts, feed a preparation of 1 liter water with a pinch of salt and a handful of sugar at regular intervals to the child.
6. Take care of baby’s personal hygiene
7. Take the child to the doctor as soon as possible and get proper treatment.
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Important Points of Childhood Diseases :-
- The early symptoms of common diseases are-changes in behaviour, loss of appetite, irregular bowel movements, change in body temperature, activeness, skin, weight, sleep, etc.
- Diarrhoea is a result of irregular eating habits and time, excessive consumption of milk or cold and rancid milk or fat-rich milk by an infant, beginning of dentition, etc.
- Constipation is a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened faeces.
- Liver disease or intestinal infection leads to loss of appetite.
- After feeding milk holding the baby over shoulder, rubbing hand on his back so that he belches reduces chances of milk vomiting.
- Round worm, tape worm and hook worm is found in stomach.
- Consuming contaminated food and water and eating with dirty hands causes entry of worms in body.
- If cough-cold are not treated on time they may cause pneumonia and typhoid.
- Goitre is a throat related disease.
- Fever is defined as having a temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body’s temperature.
- A convulsion is a medical condition in which body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body, teeth tighten, face becomes yellow.
Childhood Diseases Questions and Answers
1. The body temperature rises because of
(a) Fever
(b) Indigestion of food
(c) Not bathing
(d) Un-cleanliness
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2. When sick child
(a) Plays
(b) Feels tired and lethargic
(c) Feels happy
(d) Eats excess of food
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3. When faeces are discharged from the bowels more than 4 times a day, it is a symptom of
(a) Constipation
(b) Vomiting
(c) Diarrhoea
(d) Worms in stomach
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4. Which of the following is infectious-?
(a) Cough
(b) Constipation
(c) Jaundice
(d) Jaundice
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5. Which body part is affected by ?
(a) Ears
(b) Throat
(c) Eyes
(d) Mouth
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