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Your baby's stool is a health signal. As parents, can you identify whether your baby's stool is normal or abnormal? I have summarized 14 abnormal poops that need to be vigilant for you, come and check them for your baby! With reasons + countermeasures, hurry up and collect it!
01. Sheep dung
Baby pulling sheep feces actually means that the baby is "constipated", and there may be three reasons for baby constipation. First of all, milk powder factors, such as milk powder is too thick, the water temperature is too high, milk powder allergy (milk protein allergy), milk powder is not suitable for the baby's physique, etc., may cause constipation and sheep feces. In terms of diet, some babies do not like to drink water, and may be picky eaters who do not like to eat vegetables and fruits, and some babies may have food allergies, which may lead to constipation and sheep feces. In addition, some babies have the habit of holding stool; Or too much calcium supplementation or other digestive tract diseases, it is also easy to cause constipation and sheep feces in babies.
If it is because of the milk powder factor and pull sheep feces of the baby, parents should pay attention to the choice of nutritious milk powder that is good for digestion and absorption, according to the tank recommendations to prepare the milk, the baby diagnosed with milk powder allergy needs to drink hydrolyzed milk powder according to the doctor's advice. Babies who are constipated because of diet need to encourage their babies to eat more dietary fiber ingredients (vegetables and fruits), drink more water, and choose appropriate probiotic products according to their own conditions. For babies who pull sheep feces because of poor stool regularity and other reasons, parents should train the baby to defecate on time and on demand, and develop good living habits; Don't overdose your baby with calcium; If your baby has a digestive disorder, you need to see a doctor for a check-up.
02. Egg drop soup-like poop
If the baby has diarrhea as soon as he eats milk (breast milk/ordinary milk powder), and there is egg drop soup-like stool, with foam and sour smell, then be alert to lactose intolerance. If the baby's stool was normal before, and the poop suddenly appeared in egg drop soup recently, it is necessary to be alert to recent dietary changes (milk transfer, new complementary food, overfeeding), environmental changes (stomach cold), gastrointestinal infection (viral diarrhea), among which gastrointestinal infectious diarrhea is usually accompanied by fever, vomiting, poor spirit, loss of appetite, crying and other symptoms. Breastfed babies will also be affected by the mother's diet, if the mother eats too much high-oil, high-protein, irritating food, it will also affect the baby's bowel movements, and there will be egg drop soup-like stool. In addition, if the baby has long-term stool like egg drop soup, accompanied by eczema and other problems, be alert to the possibility of cow's milk protein allergy.
03. Tofu slag-like poop
The baby may have fungal enteritis when he pulls this kind of poop, usually he will also suffer from thrush, that is, white plaques in the mouth, and it is best to take the baby to the hospital in time.
04. Bloody stools
Baby stool is usually divided into blood spots, blood streaks or a large area of reddish, bright red, dark red or tarry stool, once found that the baby pulls this kind of stool should be timely "stool test" to check fecal occult blood. There are many reasons for blood in the stool, if the stool and blood are separated, and the blood is attached around the stool, it may be an anal fissure caused by constipation, and it needs to be solved according to the previously mentioned constipation type sheep fecal bulb stool. If the baby pulls normal stool or mucus stool, with a small amount of blood spots and streaks in the stool, it may be caused by food allergy or viral enteritis or bacterial enteritis, and you need to seek medical treatment in time. If the baby has a large amount of blood in the stool, and there is a jam-like stool or a large amount of dark red, it may be caused by parasitic infection, intussusception, acute gastrointestinal bleeding, etc., and you need to go to the hospital immediately. In addition, some babies eat red food, including red dragon fruit, beets, amaranth, pork liver, animal blood products, etc., which will also temporarily make the stool black or red, such a phenomenon does not need to worry too much.
05. Tarry melena
Newborns will have pasty dark meconium within a few days of birth, which is normal and will not affect the baby's spirit, appetite and growth. However, the baby pulls asphalt sheep-like black stool, the poop is black and shiny, and at the same time has a strong smell, so it is necessary to be alert to gastrointestinal bleeding and need to go to the hospital for examination in time.
6. Off-white poop
If the baby has grayish-white poop with a hard texture, it is usually the baby's biliary obstruction due to various reasons, and the baby needs to be taken to the doctor immediately. However, if the baby has gray poop from birth, it is very likely that he has congenital biliary obstruction, and delayed diagnosis and treatment will lead to permanent liver damage, and he also needs to go to the hospital for examination in time.
7. Rotten egg-smelling poop
If your baby's poop smells strong rotten eggs, it may be an excess of protein. At this time, the protein ingested by the baby can neutralize the gastric acid in the stomach, which reduces the acidity of the gastric juice, so that the protein can not be fully digested and absorbed, coupled with the catabolism of bacteria in the intestinal lumen, it will cause the baby's stool to emit a pungent odor. If the baby is breastfed, the mother needs to reduce the intake of high-protein foods, such as dairy products, lean meat and animal offal. Formula-fed babies need to check whether the formula is too high or overfed.
8. Watery stools
If your baby has watery stools and is accompanied by an increase in the frequency of bowel movements, you should be alert to your baby's diarrhea. There are various causes of baby diarrhea, which may be affected by diet, such as the baby's milk, the addition of new complementary foods, eating too much or too miscellaneous, indigestion, etc., or environmental changes, such as abdominal cold, etc.; or infectious diarrhea, such as enterovirus infection, bacterial infection, in this case the baby is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dehydration and other manifestations, it is recommended to take the baby to the doctor in time.
9. Dilute watery green stools
Generally speaking, there are many reasons that may cause your baby's green stool, so parents need to carefully screen whether the baby's poop is abnormal. If the baby has diarrhea, water and stool separation, and mucus at the same time as diarrhea and watery green stools, it is generally abnormal green stools. If the baby has green stools and diarrhea, it may be due to diarrhea caused by lactose intolerance, and the diarrhea is caused by rapid intestinal peristalsis; If the baby has green stools and separated stools, and in severe cases, there is bloody stool, it may be a gastrointestinal infection, and it is recommended to seek medical attention in both cases. If you pull a small amount of green stool and have mucus, it may be caused by hunger, and you need to ensure that the baby's milk supply is sufficient; On the other hand, it may be because the baby's abdomen is cold, and you need to pay attention to keeping warm. However, if the amount of green stool is large and lasts for a long time, which affects the growth and development of the baby, it is still recommended to take the baby to the hospital for a stool test.
10. Severe milk stool
It is normal for a small baby to pull soft and mushy poop with a small amount of milk flap, because the baby's digestive system is not fully developed, and it will generally improve with the baby's age by controlling the diet. However, if the baby pulls a large amount of milk flaps and large particles, and affects the baby's nutrient absorption and growth and development, it is necessary to be vigilant that it is abnormal milk valve stool, and it is usually necessary to consider adjusting the feeding method, taking probiotics and digestive enzymes for conditioning.
11. Oily stools
Pulling this kind of poop means that the baby has eaten too much fat, and too much fatty acid will be produced in the intestinal lumen to stimulate the intestinal mucosa, so that the peristalsis of the stomach and intestines will increase. Therefore, in the daily feeding of the baby, it is necessary to pay attention to the appropriate amount of fat intake. Breastfeeding mothers or babies with complementary foods should pay attention to avoid eating too much food with high fat content; Formula-fed babies should be careful not to overfeed and maintain the right amount of milk.
12. Black residue poop
Babies pooping with black residue are generally related to eating bananas, dragon fruit and other foods, and after stopping eating such foods, they will generally return to normal. If your baby still has black lines or other debris in his stool after 2-3 days, he or she will need to go to the hospital for a laboratory test to check for intestinal parasites or gastrointestinal bleeding.
13. Poop with a lot of mucus
It is generally normal for babies to have a small amount of mucus in their stool, but if the amount of mucus in the stool suddenly increases, and the stool suddenly becomes thin, bloody, and there are uncomfortable symptoms such as abdominal pain and bloating, you need to seek medical attention in time, which may be caused by intestinal infection and enteritis, or food allergies.
14. Frothy stools
If the baby has a lot of bubbles in the stool and the stool is loose, it is generally due to too much starch or sugar food, and a large amount of starch and sugar that have not been absorbed are fermented in the stomach and intestines. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers need to pay attention to the lightness of their diet and control the intake of starchy and sugary foods. Babies with lactose intolerance will also have foamy poop, so they need to take lactase, or suspend breast milk/formula powder, and eat lactose-free milk powder for a period of time. If the baby's mental state is poor and restless, you need to be alert to whether you have some infectious diseases and take the baby to the doctor for examination in time.
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