Dehydration occurs when the amount of water in the body is very low. Young children have about 75% water in their body. By the time they are young, this amount of water remains in the body up to 60%. In general dehydration children Five percent of the water in the body is lost. In case of more than ten percent and in the case of the highest fifteen percent of water is lost.
Water is added to the body through food and other fluids. Water is excreted from the body through urine, saliva and sweat etc. It maintains its balance. If I can't drink water or his body keeps leaking too much water, he gets dehydrated.
This condition can occur when the child is vomiting, has diarrhea or has a high fever and cannot drink water due to this fever.
Dehydration, whether in infants or older children, requires immediate attention and prevention. It is important to pay attention to the following symptoms to detect dehydration in a child.
Symptoms
The child may not drink any type of beverage properly.
Diarrhea and accompanying vomiting.
The nappy worn by the baby for several hours stays dry, meaning there is no urination for a long time.
A small amount of urine but dark in color.
Anxiety that is clearly felt.
The following symptoms can be clearly felt in case of excessive dehydration.
Pressing the baby's skin will take time for the skin to return to its original state.
The eyelids should not stay in one place, ie the eyes should feel sunken and there should be no tears in them.
The face and lips look dry.
In the beginning, the child looks thirsty and restless, then he becomes silent.
What to do?
See your doctor immediately. Be sure to consider the instructions written on the packet and be careful while preparing the drink prescribed by the doctor. Drink boiled and cooled water.
Mothers of infants should make sure that they continue to breastfeed their baby for a short period of time. Make special arrangements for feeding. The child can be given seasonal, apple or pineapple juice or use boiled cold water until the doctor comes or gets medical help.
Give the baby a drink every half hour. Remember that in case of dehydration, he needs a large amount of drink.
Complementary medicine and treatment
In case of dehydration, the child needs immediate medical attention. Before this, the child should be given an ORS drink immediately. The severity of dehydration can be reduced. Be sure to keep a store of medicines and information about their use at home, but do not rely on them as a cure, but try to see a doctor as soon as possible. Please
