Colitis in children

According to your description, it is not necessarily colitis. Colitis is characterized by diarrhea. Its main symptoms are purulent bloody stools, mucus bloody stools or bloody stools, often accompanied by acute influx, and then aggravated, characterized by abdominal pain → defecation → relief. The main symptom is diarrhea, discharge of feces containing blood, pus and mucus, often accompanied by paroxysmal colonic spasmodic pain, which can be relieved after defecation.

Colitis in children can generally be divided into mild, moderate and severe three categories.

First, children with mild colitis: the number of stools is 5 ~ 8 times a day, with slight fever and no dehydration.

Second, moderate pediatric colitis: The number of stools per day exceeds 10, and the stools are watery, turbid and bacterial, with mucus, pus or blood, commonly known as "dysentery". Dehydration and high fever; Because bacteria have toxins, they often cause convulsions, lethargy, shock and even death in severe cases.

Third, severe colitis in children: defecation more than 0/5 times a day, watery stool, hyperosmotic dehydration: dry skin, sunken eyeball, black eye socket, decreased urination, thirst and anxiety; In addition, there are blood acidosis, respiratory discomfort, collapse, semi-coma and other States. Due to potassium deficiency and edema, the waist swells and intestinal paralysis occurs. If not treated in time, the mortality rate can reach more than 30%.

And your child defecates once every four days, and there is a great possibility of constipation. If you are constipated, eat more foods with more dietary fiber. Like bananas. Honey water once in the morning and once in the evening. I wish your child health.