Everyone faces diarrhea, regardless of age, sex and standard of living. Often this can happen on the nerves, due to spoiled food or infection, but not always people tend to seek help. The appearance of diarrhea in children is a worrying sign. You must pay attention to the color, consistency, the presence or absence of veins of blood and mucus, odor. All these characteristics can indicate a specific disease.
The first and most common cause of diarrhea with an acidic smell is intestinal infections. The most common of these is rotavirus infection, especially in young children.
The second cause of diarrhea with a sour smell in the baby is lactose intolerance. Lactose is found in any milk. If a child lacks an enzyme that breaks down lactose, then intolerance arises.
Not only a deficiency of the enzyme that breaks down lactose can lead to a liquid stool, but also a deficiency of other enzymes. So, the third reason for the occurrence of diarrhea with an acidic odor is enzyme deficiency, fermentopathy. There may be, for example, intolerance to sucrose.
The fourth cause is inflammatory bowel disease: enteritis, colitis, enterocolitis. Due to the violation of intestinal peristalsis, impaired absorption and other pathophysiological processes, "acidic" diarrhea can occur.
Do not forget about the fifth reason - dysbiosis. This disease is a very common cause of diarrhea, which smells sour. In most cases, it is caused by antibiotic therapy.
The last reason is the use by the child of unwashed vegetables and fruits, spoiled products.
Diarrhea with an acidic odor is a symptom of the disease
The main symptoms accompanying this disorder include:
- frequent urge to defecate, flatulence, bloating;
- stool more than three times a day;
- abdominal pain;
- nausea, vomiting;
- symptoms associated with intoxication - fever, headache.
The first three signs actually always accompany acid diarrhea. The last two can indicate the presence of infection in the body.
How to differentiate a disease that provoked diarrhea that smells sour? If it is an infection - the feces have a certain color, and not just an unpleasant odor. The fact that the baby is sick with rotavirus infection will be indicated by diarrhea with a sour smell of green or yellow that will accompany the five groups of the above symptoms.
Fermentopathy will be accompanied by abdominal pain, flatulence and swelling, a loose stool of normal color with a sour smell.
After using unwashed vegetables and fruits, spoiled foods, raw apricots in diarrhea, there are undigested pieces of food.
Treatment of diarrhea with acidic odor
The main groups of drugs that help with acid diarrhea:
- adsorbents - Smecta, activated carbon, Enterosgel;
- preparations, which have an astringent effect( bismuth salts);
- for the normalization of microflora is applied Enterol;
- antidiarrheal, in particular Loperamide;
- intestinal antiseptics, for example, Sumetrolim.
Diarrhea in a child, smelling of acid, with bacterial infection is treated by the simultaneous administration of several drugs. The complex uses antibiotics to eliminate the pathogen and probiotics to avoid dysbiosis. Also used intestinal antiseptics, adsorbing drugs. Necessarily the appointment of diet and plenty of drinking. If the infection is caused by viruses, then antibiotics are replaced with antiviral drugs.
Preparations that have an astringent effect are used to treat acid diarrhea of a non-infectious nature. They have a beneficial effect on the intestinal wall, reducing permeability.
Lactose intolerance can not be cured, but excluding lactose-containing foods from the baby's food will save him from diarrhea. For newborns, mixtures are prescribed that do not contain lactose.
Thanks to the properties of some products, diet therapy can be used as the main method of treating diarrhea with an acidic odor in non-infectious diseases of the digestive tract.
During the treatment of this disease an important role is played by fruits that can and should be consumed. Bananas help to quickly restore the body, because they contain potassium and a sufficient amount of moisture. Quince has an astringent effect. Apples contribute to the rapid removal of toxins from the body. Compote of berries have a beneficial effect on the body of both adults and children. Be sure to include in the diet vegetables after high-quality heat treatment, rich in fiber. Well contribute to the restoration of porridge - rice, wheat, buckwheat have a fixing effect. Meat and fish in the acute period of the disease is recommended to be excluded from the diet. Cooking soups is necessary on vegetable broth.
Prevention of the occurrence of acid diarrhea is:
- hygiene - you need to constantly monitor the cleanliness of the hands;
- heat treatment of fruits and vegetables;
- constant monitoring of cleanliness of the dishes of the kid;
- correct and rational nutrition;
- treatment of chronic gastrointestinal diseases.