What is Diarrhea?

If your baby or child's sudden change in bowel movements than usual, both the frequency / amount of waste water to be used, and out in the liquid than solid consistency, it is diarrhea.

A newborn baby will generally defecate for more than ten times a day, and larger babies will have bowel time each day there are 2-3 times a day, or there are only 2 times a week. In other words you need to know what is NORMAL for your baby or child from the habit of their bowel.

Cause of diarrhea:
Virus (most common cause of diarrhea - and usually because Rotavirus) symptoms: poop water (watery), foamy, blood NO mucus, sour smell.
GE (stomach flu) most of the virus.
Bacteria - faces with blood / mucus, abdominal pain. ---- Requires antibioka as drug therapies.
Parasite (Giardiasis) - faces blood + / - and mucus, abdominal pain .------ need antiparasite
Children's therapy with the use antibiotilka - If diarrhea occurs when a child is in the treatment of antibiotics, then call your doctor.
Allergic to milk, - diarrhea usually occurs a few minutes or hours after drinking the milk, usually in allergy to cow's milk and products made from cow's milk.
Infection from bacteria or viruses that accompany other diseases; such as urinary tract infections, ear infections, measles, etc..

Symptoms of Acute Diarrhea (Diarrhea Sudden):

The cause of acute diarrhea (sudden diarrhea) are linked because the virus, typical poop-poop water (watery), foaming, NO blood or mucus, and smelled of acid.

Diarrheal disease transmission is contact with infected feces directly, such as:

- Food and beverages that have been contaminated, either already contaminated by insects or contamination by dirty hands.
- Playing with toys contaminated, especially in infants often include hands / toys / anything into the mouth. Because the virus can survive on the surface the air until a few days.
- Use of water sources contaminated water and not cooked properly
- Washing and use of milk bottle is not clean.
- Not washing hands thoroughly after defecation or cleaning feces infected children, so that contamination of the furniture and equipment held.

Diarrhea Treatment

Because the causes of acute diarrhea / diarrhea is a sudden virus linked, then NO treatment that can heal, because it usually will heal by itself after a few days. So diarrhea treatment is intended to treat existing symptoms and prevent dehydration or lack of fluids.

Acute diarrhea can be cured by continuing ONLY usual feeding and drink / just enough fluids.

To remember NOT to give drug treatment to stop the diarrhea, since diarrhea itself is a body defense mechanism to remove the contamination of food from the gut. Trying to stop the diarrhea with drugs such as clogging the pipeline that will go out and cause back-flow and will aggravate the channel.

Because the diarrhea is the body's defense mechanism, will heal itself after a few days - (14 days) which contains more diarrhea - from water (watery) began berampas, it reduced the frequency and recovery.

The important thing is to prevent the diarrhea and dehydration symptoms.


The most important note in this sudden case of diarrhea are:
Remember stopping diarrhea virus with drugs is not the best way. But do not be confused if diarrhea persists for several days. Because usually last several days-14 days. And cured. Depending on your child's health condition and the amount of fluid intake.
Pengatasan diarrhea is to notice any signs of dehydration
Handling The best thing is to keep providing food and drink (milk) as COMMON. When you are accompanied by vomiting, for liquid pengantian you can give pedialyte (oralit unutk anak2 with some sense). Reduce foods containing too much SUGAR. Remember it is not easy to give kids a little liquid is salty, even some children will reject it. But be patient and keep trying to find a way so that children can drink this liquid.
And most important is to make children return to their food density (and / or milk formula / milk) because this is the BEST to treat diarrhea. Because sel2 intestine is damaged by the virus requires for the re-establishment NUTRITION. Research suggests that the usual feeding time will shorten the symptoms of this diarrhea.

Prevention of Diarrhea:

- Keep Giving Breast (ASI)
- Pay attention to hygiene and balanced nutrition for the provision of complementary feeding after a 4-month-old baby.
- Because of direct contact transmission of feces through the hands / insects, so keep clean by washing hands makes a habit for the entire family. Wash hands before eating or provide food for sikecil.
- Remember to maintain the cleanliness of food or beverages that we eat. Also, eat or clean furniture toddler play equipment.

Call your doctor if:
Diarrhea accompanied by blood ----- need specific treatment with antibiotics.
Signs of dehydration (no tears when crying, urinating less or no urine in 6-8 hours, dry mouth)
The existence of high heat (.38.5 C) that does not fall within 2 days.
Continuous vomiting - can not enter the food / asi.
The existence of abdominal pain - colic ---- the baby will cry strong and usually bent legs, sweaty and agitated.