Gastrointestinal infection / diarrhea

Appearance:

Diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting may occur.

Risk of infection:

Vomiting and diarrhea are often very contagious.

Measures:

• Giving enough to drink by offering frequent sips of liquid
  → Sweetened or unsweetened tea, water with dextrose. For infants, infant milk or breast milk. If necessary, electrolyte solutions can help (Oralpädon, Normalytoral, Elotrans) or the WHO one-third solution (1/3 orange juice, 1/3 black tea, 1/3 tap water, 1 pinch of salt and a soup spoon of dextrose) per liter - cold in small quantities.
• Relieve abdominal pain with a hot water bottle
• Rest
• No personal contact with immunocompromised persons
• Rusks, pretzel sticks, bananas, light food (low fat) in small amounts (If the child has no appetite, there is no need to worry about this. Drinking is currently more important)
• Avoid fruit juices, cow's milk, or hard-to-digest foods for short periods of time
• Careful hand hygiene

Report to docter if:

• bloody vomit or bloody diarrhea
• if your child refuses fluids or urinates less than 3x/day
• if the child is weak and apathetic even without fever
• as long as none of these criteria are met, no medication is usually necessary

Wachswerk caraway wax plates

 ➔ Pay attention to heat supply, warm feet

Weleda Baby Belly Oil

Age: From infancy
Indication: Abdominal pain, flatulence, colic, constipation

Application: 

• 1-2 teaspoons of oil on a compress or cotton cloth
• Warm a compress or cotton cloth on a hot water bottle or cherry pit pillow.
•  Place on stomach
• Place the healing wool over the compress and secure with a bodysuit or undershirt

 ➔ Pay attention to heat supply, warm feet

Tip: Belly oil can also be massaged in directly in a clockwise direction and covered with healing wool. 

Chamomile compress

 ➔ Pay attention to heat supply, warm feet