Seven month old baby has diarrhea
Release time : 04/25/2025 09:30:01
What should I do if my seven-month-old baby has diarrhea? Diarrhea is a common gastrointestinal symptom in the newborn stage, and many parents are very concerned about what to feed their baby with.
After all, babies' gastrointestinal systems are still delicate and fragile. Improper feeding can easily lead to diarrhea.
Let's take a look at what to feed a seven-month-old baby with diarrhea and at some home remedies for this condition. A seven-month-old baby's digestive system is still relatively fragile, making them susceptible to diarrhea if not careful. So, what causes diarrhea in babies? Generally speaking, there are many reasons why a baby can get diarrhea, but they can be broadly categorized into two types: one being non-infectious factors such as improper feeding or weather changes that can cause diarrhea.
Diarrhea caused by diet, including overeating or undereating.
The food ingredients are changed, and the sugar intake is excessive (on the contrary, too little sugar intake may cause constipation).
Adding solid foods too quickly, causing discomfort, and discontinuing breastfeeding during hot weather.
Changes in the weather, such as a child catching a cold, can lead to disturbances in gastrointestinal function.
The hot climate can cause the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes to decrease, leading to indigestion and diarrhea.
Another category is caused by infectious factors, such as unclean milk utensils or food consumed by children, which can lead to bacterial infection and result in diarrhea.
Long-term use of broad-spectrum antibiotics leads to dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota, resulting in diarrhea.
In children, acute upper respiratory infections, pneumonia, otitis media, urinary tract infections, and pharyngitis are all conditions in which diarrhea can occur due to fever and the toxins produced by pathogens.
What should be done for a seven-month-old baby with diarrhea? Diarrhea is the second most common and frequent disease after respiratory infections in children.
Particularly during the transition from summer to autumn, the sudden changes in weather can easily lead to diarrhea in babies, especially infants under 2 years old should pay more attention.
So many mothers are asking, what should we do when a seven-month-old baby has diarrhea? How can we prevent it? 【Breastfeeding can prevent diarrhea】, especially in the first few months after birth, breastfeeding is recommended.
Because breast milk is best suited for the nutritional needs and digestive capabilities of infants.
Human milk contains many kinds of digestive enzymes and antibodies that are needed by children. The nutritional components in human milk are very suitable for the digestion and absorption of children. They can neutralize Escherichia coli toxins, which is an important role in preventing infections caused by this bacteria. Human milk is superior to cow's milk and its substitutes.
Except for tuberculosis, cardiac and renal diseases, and other chronic diseases, breastfeeding should be encouraged.
【Pay attention to the proper feeding methods】, ensure regular breastfeeding, and avoid weaning during summer and when the child is ill. Translation: 【Pay attention to the proper feeding methods】, ensure regular breastfeeding, and avoid weaning during summer and when the child is ill.
Breastfeeding can prevent diarrhea in infants.
Using a spoon instead of a bottle can be a more hygienic option. In particular, the rubber teat on a nipple bottle is prone to contamination and can be difficult to clean and disinfect thoroughly. This increases the risk of bacterial growth, which can easily lead to diarrhea in children.
Use a bowl and spoon instead of a bottle, which reduces the chance of contamination.
【Timely Fluid Replenishment to Prevent Dehydration】In children with diarrhea, the onset is often rapid, and frequent bowel movements lead to the swift loss of water and nutrients in the body, resulting in acute dehydration.
At home, parents can make oral rehydration solution by adding 20g sugar (two spoons) and 1.75g salt (half a beer bottle cap) into 500ml boiled water (or rice soup).
Because children with diarrhea need more liquid than usual, it is important to encourage them to drink more at the beginning.
For children under the age of 2, after each episode of diarrhea, one can supplement with oral solutions between 50 and 100 milliliters, and the daily intake should not be less than 500 milliliters.
For those who are over 2 years old, they should drink more water, at least 1000ml or more per day to prevent dehydration.
Should children exhibit symptoms of dehydration, they should seek immediate medical attention and continuously replenish fluids during the journey.
**Timely Addition of Weaning Food** Children's growth and development are rapid. Whether breastfed or formula-fed, weaning foods should be introduced at the appropriate time to meet their nutritional needs.
When adding complementary foods, it is best to have a limited variety and not to change them too frequently. Only after the baby has gradually adapted to the new foods should other foods be added in increments.
Specifically, when adding complementary foods to infants, it is important to pay attention to their digestive capabilities. Only one type of food should be added at a time, and gradually increase the quantity from small to large.
Vitamin C and D can be introduced to infants after 15 days of life. From two to three months, infants can start eating vegetable soup, milk cake or rice porridge. From four to six months, they can eat egg yolk, meat paste and chopped vegetables.
**Nutritional Quality of Food Intake** When breastmilk is insufficient or unavailable, and formula feeding is used for mixed or artificial feeding, it is essential to pay attention to dietary adjustments. Avoid overfeeding or introducing foods like rice porridge or porridge too early, as this can lead to carbohydrate indigestion and negatively impact the child's growth and development. For infants under three months old who experience insufficient breastmilk, cow's milk or soy milk can be consumed as a supplement. Whether using cow's milk or substitute milk products, it is necessary to dilute them appropriately to ensure ease of digestion and absorption.
What medication should be taken for a seven-month-old baby with diarrhea? It is causing great concern to the mother.
What medication is appropriate for a seven-month-old baby with diarrhea? Many mothers are familiar with medications such as Simethicone, Dingguier Fuzi Tea, and Bifidobacterium. These have been shown to effectively alleviate symptoms associated with diarrhea in infants.
What other medications can be used to treat diarrhea in babies? Symptomatically mild cases of diarrhea are often caused by improper diet or intestinal infections, with the infant being alert and not displaying fever or other symptoms of illness.
In cases where a child exhibits severe diarrhea and vomiting, it is often caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli or viral infections, often accompanied by symptoms such as fever, irritability, lethargy, drowsiness, etc.
Medication Recommendations: For mild diarrhea caused by improper diet in infants and young children, home-based supportive treatments may be considered. • Ensure the child drinks enough fluids to prevent dehydration.
Note the addition of appropriate amounts of salt, such as a 500 milliliter solution of diluted rice soup containing 1.75 grams of salt.
Alternatively, oral rehydration solution (ORS) can be administered. ORS is a formula consisting of 3.5g of sodium chloride, 1.5g of potassium chloride, 2.5g of sodium bicarbonate, and 20g of glucose, mixed with water to a total volume of 1000ml.
It can also be prepared as a simple homemade recipe: 4g of sugar, 0.7g of salt, 2.5g of sodium bicarbonate, 0.3g of potassium chloride, and 200ml of water.
After each episode of diarrhea, take until the diarrhea stops.
★It is also advisable to use traditional Chinese medicine formulas or prescriptions under the guidance of TCM differentiation diagnosis for treatment. ●For cases of food poisoning, it is recommended to treat by eliminating food stagnation, promoting digestion, and stopping diarrhea.
It can be used in conjunction with Baohe Wan, Dashan Jie Wan, Huajie San, and Xiao'er Hua Shi Wan.
For a cold wind type, it is advisable to dissipate the wind and disperse cold, as well as to remove dampness and pathogenic factors.
Available medications include Hohsing Qingxi Powder, Shouzhi Zhengqi Pills, Nuo Yitong Gao, and Jian Wei Zhi Tong Tablets.
For those with a type of damp-heat, it is advisable to clear heat and promote diuresis.
It is available in capsules such as Guiwei Xianglian Wan, Xiangli Wan, Mujing Changlang Tablets, and Weishengli Tablets.
Indicated for spleen deficiency type, it should strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea.
Available medications include Qi Mu Bai Zhu San, Xiao Er Shen Ling Bai Zhu San, Xiao Er Zhi Lei Pian, Xiao Er Xiang Ju Wan, Qi Wen Pian, etc.
For the type of spleen and kidney yang deficiency, it is advisable to nourish the spleen and warm the kidneys.
It can be used with the formulas of Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan, Si Shen Wan, and Bu PF Yi Chang Wan.
If the child's condition does not improve within three days after treatment, or if any of the following situations occur, the child should be taken to see a doctor at the hospital.
● Frequent watery stools; frequent vomiting; significant thirst; inability to eat normally; fever; presence of blood in the stool.
Secondly, let me recommend a few dietary therapy methods that help regulate the stomach and aid in stopping diarrhea. Bean Corn Rice Porridge: 30g of black beans, 10g of Codonopsis root, 50g of corn.
Soak the broad beans and codonopsis pilosula together, decoct to remove the residue, and add rice to cook porridge.
Suitable for spleen deficiency diarrhea.
Euryale Seed Porridge: 50g of Euryale Seed, an appropriate amount of white sugar, cook the Euryale Seed until it becomes soft and then add a little white sugar to the porridge.
Applicable for spleen deficiency diarrhea.
Chinese Yam and Peanut Soup: Fresh Chinese yam, peeled and sliced into 30g, white lentils 15g, white rice 30g, sugar as needed.
First, cook rice and white lentils, then add Chinese yam slices to the porridge, adding sugar. Suitable for damp-heat diarrhea, and Da Zao Mu Xi Tang: Six large red dates, four grams of Mu Xi (Aucklandia lappa), remove the pits from the dates and decoct them first, then add Mu Xi and continue to cook for a moment before removing the residue and warming it up to take. It has the effects of harmonizing the spleen and stomach, drying dampness, stopping diarrhea, suitable for chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and qi stagnation.
The properties of Wu Mei are sour, astringent, and neutral; it enters the Liver, Spleen, Lung, and Large Intestine meridians. It is effective in stopping diarrhea and promoting fluid retention, specifically for chronic diarrhea and dysentery, as well as for treating thirst and dry mouth.
Therefore, brewing Prunus mume decoction with water and consuming it as tea is suitable for patients with chronic diarrhea and thirst that damages yin.
Polygonatum, Calculus Cochlearis, and Snake Soup: 125 grams of eel, 5 milligrams of calculus cochlearis, 10 grams of polygonatum, and 2 slices of fresh ginger.
Chop the eel into pieces and clean it by washing with water, removing any fishy smell.
Clean the chicken gizzard and Huashanzi.
Heat oil in a pan, stir-fry the eel meat with ginger until fragrant, sprinkle a little white wine and add an appropriate amount of water. Add chicken gizzard and Chinese yam. Boil on high heat for 10 minutes, then simmer on low heat for 1 hour. Season to taste, and consume the soup.
Applicable for diarrhea of the spleen-deficiency type.
Bili-nourishing Decoction: 5g of orange peel, 1/4 of a lotus leaf, 3g of hawthorn, 10g of barley, and a small amount of sugar.
Can be used for diarrhea caused by food stagnation.
Matricaria Soup: 20g of Matricaria, 30g of Japonica Rice.
Clean the Portulaca oleracea thoroughly, dry it, add an appropriate amount of clean water to cook rice until done. Then add the Portulaca oleracea and boil for consumption.
You may also add salt or sugar to taste.
For the sake of convenience, eat it.
Suitable for diarrhea caused by internal dampness.
Lychee Rice: 5 dried lychees, 50 grams of Japonica rice or glutinous rice.
Remove the skin from the dried lychee, wash it clean, and put them into a pot with an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer on low heat until the rice is soft and cooked, stirring occasionally.
A single treatment course consists of 5 days, with one dose per day.
Indicated for chronic diarrhea of spleen and kidney yang deficiency.
What foods should a 7-month-old baby eat when they have diarrhea? Diarrhea in babies is very common, and there are mainly two causes: one is improper feeding leading to indigestion; the other is infection from bacteria or viruses in food or bottle accessories, causing infectious diarrhea. Infectious diarrhea is generally seen in summer and autumn.
Infants with diarrhea can be classified into four types: food poisoning, wind-cold, damp-heat, and spleen deficiency.
Only by distinguishing different symptoms and selecting dietary therapy can one achieve the expected results.
**Baby Diarrhea - Injurious Food Diarrhea** Symptoms include abdominal distension and pain, crying before diarrhea, stools with a sour smell similar to egg curds, bad breath, and loss of appetite. The following dietary therapy can be adopted: **Ci Cai Soup**: Take 30g of fresh Ci Cai, add 200ml of water, simmer over low heat until reduced to 50ml, and consume once in one go, two to three times daily.
Apple Soup: Wash one apple, cut it into small pieces, and add 250 milliliters of water and a little salt to make a soup that can be drunk like tea.
For children under one year old, applesauce is suitable. For children aged one and above, applesauce can be consumed.
Infant diarrhea - Cold Wind Type Diarrhea. The stools are thin and foamy, pale in color, with little odor, and there is a sensation of bowel movement and abdominal pain, or accompanied by fever, nasal congestion, and runny nose. The following dietary therapy can be adopted: Ginger Tea: Take 3g of green tea and dried ginger strips in a porcelain cup, brewed with 150ml boiling water, covered, and let it steep for 10 minutes to serve as tea freely.
Rice-Solid Intestine Soup: Cook rice (30g, slightly toasted) and Chinese yam (15g) together into a porridge. Once cooked, add a pinch of pepper powder and an appropriate amount of sugar for consumption.
【Baby Diarrhea - Damp-Heat Type Diarrhea】The stools are watery, accompanied by undigested food, appearing green or yellowish, with a small amount of mucus. There is also a symptom of dark yellow urine. The following dietary therapy can be adopted: Umei Soup: 10 black dates, add 500 milliliters of water to make soup, add a little brown sugar to the soup, and use it as tea, taking several times a day.
Jujube Tea: Take 10 jujubes, clean and dry them, place them in an iron pot and roast until they are black. Remove and discard the charred jujubes. Take 10 grams of clean orange peel, and add both ingredients to a thermos cup filled with boiling water. Let it steep for 10 minutes, then drink it as a post-meal tea, divided into two servings each day.
Infants with Diarrhea—Spleen Deficiency Diarrhea: Sometimes the diarrhea may pause or persist for an extended period without improvement, with symptoms such as loose stools, white curd-like substances in the stools, post-meal diarrhea, and a pale complexion. The following dietary therapy methods can be adopted: 1. **Chinese Yam Porridge**: - Ingredients: 30g dried Chinese yam, 60g rice. - Method: Clean the Chinese yam, peel and slice it; rinse the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes. Add the Chinese yam and rice to a pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water, and cook into porridge. 2. **Red Date Porridge**: - Ingredients: 5 red dates, 60g rice. - Method: Wash the red dates and remove the pits; rinse the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes. Add the rice and red dates to a pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water, and cook into porridge. 3. **Millet Porridge**: - Ingredients: 50g millet, an appropriate amount of clean water. - Method: Rinse the millet and soak it in water for 30 minutes. Then, place it in a pot with an appropriate amount of clean water and cook into porridge. 4. **Lotus Seed and Lily Bulb Porridge**: - Ingredients: 30g lotus seeds, 30g lily bulbs, 60g rice. - Method: Clean the lotus seeds and lily bulbs, removing the cores; rinse the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes. Add the rice, lotus seeds, and lily bulbs to a pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water, and cook into porridge. 5. **Carrot Porridge**: - Ingredients: 1 carrot, 60g rice. - Method: Peel the carrot and cut it into small pieces; rinse the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes. Place the carrot and rice in a pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water, and cook into porridge. The above are some common dietary therapy methods that can help alleviate symptoms of spleen deficiency diarrhea in infants. However, please note that if symptoms persist severely or are accompanied by fever, vomiting, etc., seek medical attention immediately.
Carrot Soup: Take 250 grams of fresh carrots, wash them, and cut them into chunks. Place them in a pot with an appropriate amount of water and stew until soft. Strain the soup to remove the solids. Consume 2-3 times daily.
Chestnut Soup: Take 3 to 5 chestnuts, remove their skins and mash them. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer until the mixture becomes a paste. Then add an appropriate amount of sugar for flavoring. Prescription for treating diarrhea in infants aged seven months: Although diarrhea is quite common in infants, it's essential not to overlook the cause of the diarrhea, as determining whether it's due to non-infectious or infectious causes is crucial.
Below, we bring you some home remedies for babies with diarrhea, which can effectively regulate the baby's stomach and intestines.
1. Raw Gourd and Jujube Paste: Indicated for: Diarrhea in children.
Preparation: 3 to 5 large dates, 10 grams of Chinese yam.
Dosage: Soak the jujube in water until it becomes soft and remove its skin. Add to the cooked yam, mix well into a paste, and consume immediately once or twice daily. Regular consumption is advised.
2. Persimmon and Chinese Cassava Paste Indications: Diagnosis and Treatment of Diarrhea in Infants and Toddlers.
Ingredients: 15g of chestnut meat and half a persimmon pie.
Method: Grind into paste, cook until done, one dose daily, two times a day.
Note: One option adds sugar while the other uses only chestnuts.
3. Cowpea Root Vegetable: Indications: Diarrhea in infants and young children.
Ingredients: 9g of tea leaves, 9g of white broad beans, 50g of sugar.
Method: Add 500ml of water and boil.
Warm drink, one dose per day for 3 days.
4. Glutinous rice porridge is primarily indicated for the treatment of diarrhea in children due to spleen deficiency.
Ingredients: 500g glutinous rice, 600g wheat, an appropriate amount of sugar or brown sugar.
Administered as a porridge, take 1 small bowl per dose twice daily.
5. Modified Rice Porridge: Indications: Diarrhea in children with spleen deficiency.
Ingredients: 60-90 grams of millet, 20 grams each of sheep fat and wax.
Usage: After the rice grains are cooked, add sheep fat and cured meat, then boil it for 2 times until it is cooked.
Take on an empty stomach.
6. Dried Lotus Root Powder Indications: Treatment of infant diarrhea.
Ingredients: 30g of lotus root powder.
Oyster powder mixed with 120 ml of water, boiled to 100 ml, to be taken 3 times a day.
7. Radish and Sucrose: Indications: Pediatric diarrhea.
Ingredients: Two portions of white radish and one portion of sucrose.
Usage: Crush the ingredients together to form a paste, filter out the residue to extract the juice. Take 5-10 milliliters orally, three times a day. Continue for 2-3 doses as needed.
The recipe "Turnip, Jinshan Yam, and Rice Porridge" is primarily used to treat infantile food stagnation and diarrhea.
Recipe: 9 grams of radish seeds (Lai Fu Zi), 6 grams of chicken gizzard lining (Ji Nei Jin), and an appropriate amount of Chinese yam (Shan Yao) and sugar.
Usage: Grind Chinese yam into powder, add it to the decoction of radish seeds and chicken gizzard lining, and cook into porridge. Once the porridge boils, mix in sugar and consume.
For infants under one year old, administer 10 grams daily, divided into 2-3 servings, to be cooked into porridge and consumed.
In children over 1 year of age, dosage may be increased accordingly and continued for a period of 3 to 5 days.
9. Carrots and Hawthorn Soup is indicated for: Intestinal Diarrhea in Children due to Food Indigestion.
Preparation: 2 fresh carrots, 15g of fried hawthorn, an appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Administer orally.
Take 1 dose daily, divided into several administrations, for 2-3 consecutive days.
**Hawthorn and Pomegranate Drink** **Indications:** Chronic diarrhea in children.
Recipe: 9 grams of raw hawthorn, 50 grams of pomegranate, and an appropriate amount of white sugar.
Usage: Roast the first two ingredients until they turn golden brown, then grind them together into a fine powder.
Take orally with sugar water twice a day, once daily, for several consecutive days.
Note: One method involves using hawthorn and corn to treat infantile diarrhea.
Garlic Single Remedy: Indicated for acute diarrhea.
Recipe: 1 garlic bulb.
Dosage: Stewed and consumed.
The single-ingredient remedy of Rosa roxburghii is primarily used to treat pediatric autumn diarrhea.
Recipe: 3 kilograms of fresh Rosa roxburghii (Chestnut Rose).
Usage: Add 3000 milliliters of water, decoct over low heat until reduced to 1500 milliliters, and add 0.2‰ of nipagin as a preservative.
For children over 1 year old, take 20 milliliters each time, 3 times daily, with warm water on an empty stomach.
13. Single Remedy of Winter Melon: Indicated for pediatric diarrhea (dysentery) and thirst.
Recipe: Fresh winter melon, as needed.
Usage: Extract the juice and drink it for effective results.
Carrot Formula is primarily used to treat: infant indigestion and diarrhea.
Recipe: 250 grams of carrots, 3 grams of salt.
Usage: Boil carrots with salt until soft, remove the residue, and extract the juice. Take the juice three times a day for two consecutive days.
15. **Hawthorn and Sprout Sugar Syrup**: Indicated for the treatment of diarrhea in children.
Recipe: 10 grams of malt, 10 grams of rice malt, 10 grams of charred hawthorn, and 30 grams of sugar.
Dosage: Decoct the three raw ingredients in an appropriate amount of water for 15 minutes. Strain and add sugar to make a decoction. Take one dose daily, for 3-5 days.
16. Yi Wang Prescription: Indicated for the treatment of diarrhea in children.
Ingredients: 30g of raw coix seed, 15g of white aster root, and an appropriate amount of highland millet and sugar.
Method: Add 6 grams of highland rice to the pot and fry it, then take 6 grams with Job's tears and white aster. Decoct in water with sugar and drink once a day for several days.
17. Euryale and Chinese Yam Powder Indications: Diabetes in Children.
Ingredients: 500g Ecliptae, 500g Chinese yams, 500g glutinous rice flour, 500g sugar.
Method: soaking and drying the semen coicis, and then crushing into powder, mixing with rice starch, white sugar and sifted.
Take a suitable amount of the paste, add cold water to make a thin paste, and then heat and cook until it is cooked. Consumed warm and empty in the morning and evening, 7-10 days in a row.
Note: One party swaps pepper for quinoa.
18. Sorghum and Jujube Powder Indications: Pediatric diarrhea, indigestion.
Ingredients: 50 grams of red sorghum, 10 jujubes.
Dosage: Remove pits from jujubes and dry them over charcoal, grind into a fine powder with sorghum. For a 2-year-old child, take 10 grams per dose twice a day; for children aged 3 to 5 years, take 15 grams per dose twice a day.
Note: The sorghum sprouts contain cyanogenic glycosides, and are toxic. They must be cooked before consumption.
The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
In the event of discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical assistance immediately. For accurate diagnosis and treatment, consult a licensed medical practitioner in person.