Poisoning in a child - what to do?

No matter how trivial it sounds, but vomiting, loose stools and temperature are common in babies quite often. These symptoms can indicate both the poisoning of poor-quality food, and the infection. What to do if the child has had food poisoning, first of all, to prevent dehydration of the body.

How can you help the baby?

Symptoms that occur in infants during poisoning, as a rule, do not last more than 48 hours and represent a rise in temperature to 37.5, vomiting and diarrhea. Mums and dads who first encounter this situation, we must remember that the presence of a dark urine in a child with abundant bowel movements can talk about dehydration, and this is an occasion to call a doctor. What to do with food poisoning in a child to avoid this condition - pediatricians recommend adhering to certain rules. In case of profuse vomiting, it is necessary:

• within 12 hours of the onset of symptoms, do not allow the baby to eat;
• To water a child when poisoning follows the principle of "the more often, the better", but in small portions (3 teaspoons boiled water at room temperature every 5 minutes);
• put the child to bed.

If the baby has vomiting absent, but there is a digestive disorder, it should, at the time, revise the diet:

• the child can only eat what "knits" the intestine and stops the diarrhea: not crumbly, but glutinous rice porridge without salt, sugar and oil, a cracker of white bread of yesterday, an egg boiled in a hard boiled water.
• abundant drink with boiled water, small portions;
• bed rest.

How to treat food poisoning in a child?

With this disease, first of all, it is necessary to give the baby a sorbent that would collect all the toxic elements from the stomach of the crumbs. Activated charcoal is what it is recommended to give to a child in case of poisoning, diarrhea and vomiting, following clear instructions. This drug is offered in a dosage of 0.05 g per 1 kg of body weight. The tablet is finely chopped and covered with a spoon from the spoon to the baby's mouth, after which it is given to drink with water. Coal can be mixed with a small amount of breast milk or a mixture.

Further, if the child has a disorder, then it is necessary to give him an antidiarrhoeal drug, for example, Smektu. To make a suspension, pour 50-100 ml of boiled water into a glass and dissolve the powder in it. If the baby is very small, Smectoo is mixed into semi-liquid food: cereals, baby food, etc., and take 4 packages per day - for children after a year, and up to this age - 2 bags per day.

In addition, children with poisoning need to take what will help restore the water-electrolyte balance caused by diarrhea or vomiting. For this purpose it is recommended to give babies Regidron. A packet of this drug is dissolved in a liter of boiled water and the child is treated in small portions (50 ml each) every 5-10 minutes until the abundant bowel movement stops. However, kids often refuse to drink Regidron, then BioGaia OPC will come to the rescue, which is much more pleasant to taste, and children drink it with pleasure.

So, what to do when poisoning a child's food - a question that has a clear answer: to offer the baby frequent drinking, enterosorbents and antidiarrheal drugs. Most importantly, remember that food poisoning is a condition in which the symptoms begin to pass on the second day.