What should a breastfeeding mother do if she has diarrhea?

During the breastfeeding period, to be on the safe side, mothers need to take care of themselves in all aspects. First of all, they must pay attention to keeping warm. In addition, the diet must be reasonable, especially the relevant dietary taboos must be kept in mind. If these matters are not paid attention to, diarrhea will occur during breastfeeding. Diarrhea will cause the body to lose a lot of water and electrolytes, which will affect normal breastfeeding. So how to solve diarrhea during breastfeeding?

What medicine should I take for diarrhea during breastfeeding?

1. Montmorillonite powder can be used to treat diarrhea during lactation because it has a unique feature. It is an inert drug and after being taken orally into the gastrointestinal tract, it will not be absorbed by the intestine, nor will it enter the blood circulation, let alone enter the breast milk. Therefore, montmorillonite powder is relatively safe.

2. In addition to using montmorillonite powder for diarrhea during lactation, it is best to use probiotics such as bifidobacterium, because the intestinal flora may be unbalanced during diarrhea. Bifidobacterium is a live beneficial bacteria that can only work in the intestines and cannot be absorbed into the blood circulation. It can be used during lactation.

3. If the diarrhea still does not improve, it is recommended that the mother do a routine stool test to determine whether the diarrhea is caused by secondary bacterial infection. If so, anti-infection drugs may need to be used again. If there is no allergy, amoxicillin or cephalosporin drugs can be used, which are relatively safe to use during breastfeeding.

4. When antibacterial drugs + montmorillonite powder adsorbent + bifidobacterium probiotic microecological preparations are used in combination, according to the treatment principles, antibacterial drugs should be used first to control the secondary infection of pathogens as soon as possible; secondly, adsorbents (montmorillonite) should be added after an interval of 1 hour (it is best to take on an empty stomach during this period); finally, microecological preparations (probiotics) should be used after an interval of 1 hour. The above three types of drugs are administered in a sequential order so that they do not interfere with each other and can fully exert their respective pharmacological effects, thereby achieving better therapeutic effects. But it's not absolute, it's just the best way to do it.

5. Taking medicine does not affect breastfeeding and there is no need to wait for several hours.

There are many reasons for diarrhea, it may be infection by pathogens, it may be unclean food. If it is infection by pathogens, most of these pathogens will not be transmitted to the baby through breast milk. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the occurrence of this situation and breastfeeding should be suspended. However, if there is no big problem, most of the time, the mother can breastfeed as usual when she has diarrhea.