Baby stool: When to consult?- One - health destination
April 15, 2019
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Newborns produce stools different from those of older children.First composed of meatium, they can then take different colors and textures, without having to worry about it.However, certain situations require a medical consultation.Which ones?
During the first three days your newborn evacuates from meadowed in the form of black stools of glimpling and fairly thick.Then, if you are breastfeeding, the infants' stools will be golden yellow, sometimes greenish, appearance of rags, not molded, rather liquid even.If nourished in the bottle, their appearance depends on the milk consumed.But generally, "they will be more pasty, thicker, their more brown color, and their stronger smell, than those of a baby fed within," indicate the pediatricians of the Mmedia site.fr of the French Association of Ambulatory Pediatrics (AFPA).
So what are the signs that should alert you?
The constipation.If your baby's stools are hard, "like a dry sausage or like small balls that sometimes come out at the same time as very liquid stools", it means that it is constipated.Often his belly is tense, he is all red and is inconsolable.You can also notice blood in its stool (due to small tears, anal cracks).In this case, do not delay in consulting your pediatrician.He can advise you to relieve baby.Especially since constipation that sets in can cause blocking in children at the time of cleanliness.
Diarrhea.Conversely, if its stools are very liquid and occur brutally in abundance and several times a day, your little one suffers from diarrhea."It is essential to monitor that he does not dehydrate by giving him drinking at will oral rehydration solutes," advise Afpa pediatricians."The presence of other signs: vomiting, fever, loss of appetite etc ... is undoubtedly the sign of an infection such as gastroenteritis.»Consult your pediatrician quickly.
Color, abnormal frequency.Finally, "a color anomaly (white, black or red), number of stools, associated signs as incessant crying, fever, vomiting, jaundice ... must lead you to consult your doctor", they conclude.
