Drink water frequently to prevent dehydration. If you drink tap water and there are other cases of diarrhea around, be sure to boil and cool the drinking water, then use it.
The best source of water for breastfed babies is the mother. Remember that it is the milk itself. Breastfeed frequently. It is okay for a mother with diarrhea to breastfeed her baby.
For babies taking solid foods, ayran, fruit puree or juices such as apples, peaches, carrots and bananas, yoghurt or yoghurt soup, kefir, mashed potatoes, rice porridge. should be given preferably. The child should not be forced to feed, and even if he or she eats little, feeding should be tried at frequent intervals.
For children taking cow's milk, choose buttermilk instead.
Orally administered salt-sugar mixture packages, which you can obtain free of charge from family physicians. You can prepare it according to the recipe written on it and give it to your child; It is an effective treatment method against water and salt loss.
Despite all these precautions, if there are symptoms of high fever, inability to feed orally, recurrent vomiting, blood and/or phlegm in the stool, and lack of decrease in the number of stools, evaluation by a pediatrician is necessary. .
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