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Feces of light color in the child: what does it mean?
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Coloring the contents of a baby pot can cause parents a lot of worries and questions. Particularly concerned about the light feces of the child. After all, most adults know that an unusually light color of feces can indicate pathological processes occurring in the digestive system. But what color should be considered unusual, just can not even answer the gastroenterologist. The color of faeces is influenced by many factors, sometimes quite harmless. Normal shades of medium brown color from ocher to nut are considered. This shade of feces gives the presence in it of a fair amount of bile pigment - stercobilin, which is formed in the large intestine during processing of bilirubin. A child's diet can significantly change the color of the feces, the variants of the norm have a very wide spectrum.
Nevertheless, if the child is very light, almost white feces, this can not be ignored. Reduction or termination of the production of stercobilin may be a sign of a disease of the digestive system.
Causes of the light feces in a child
If you noticed that the color of children's feces is lighter than usual, but the child does not worry about anything, it's enough just to observe his state of health and remember what the child could use the day before. Lighten the color of light foods (rice, semolina, cottage cheese with sour cream, high-carbohydrate food in large quantities), multivitamin complexes, some medicines. The color of the feces of the infant is significantly influenced by the mother's diet, the introduction of complementary foods, the change in the brand of the adapted mixture, the eruption of the teeth.
Pathological risk factors for the appearance of light feces in a child - diseases of the digestive organs (intestines, liver, gall bladder, pancreas). Usually they are accompanied, in addition to clarification of feces, and other symptoms.
The most widely known and widespread cause of the appearance of white with a grayish shade of feces is viral hepatitis, in addition to it, clarification of stool can be observed in dysentery, salmonellosis, rotavirus infection. A common factor in the development of infectious diseases is non-compliance with basic hygiene standards. In particular, children are usually not disgusted, especially small ones, and their dirty hands are often enough in their mouths, and most intestinal infections and rotaviroz are transmitted by the fecal-oral route, although the latter can sometimes be obtained by air-dropping. These infectious diseases are ubiquitous, their natural susceptibility is high.
Light feces can be observed in a child with violations of the intestinal biocenosis (dysbacteriosis), which is a complication of any diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, diabetes mellitus, the effect of antibiotic therapy, malaise, starvation. The causes of imbalance of the intestinal microflora in the child may be stress, reduced immunity, climate change.
The feces decolorize in patients with pancreatitis. This disease is not often found in childhood and the reasons for it still cause controversy. In childhood, risk factors for its development may be developmental malformations of both the organ itself - the pancreas, and the small intestine or gallbladder; blunt abdominal trauma; ascaridosis; tumor processes; diseases of the digestive organs. Pancreatitis can become a complication of toxic effects or allergic reactions caused by drugs or foods, be a consequence of past infections or malnutrition.
A rare severe infectious disease (a year - about 30 cases on the planet), called Whipple's disease, also manifests itself as a change in the color of feces. This disease is mainly sick men 40-50 years, whose profession is related to agriculture, so the probability of getting it in the child is negligible.
Bending or bending of the gallbladder is one of the causes of decolorization of stool. This pathology is congenital, but it is possible to "earn" a twisting of the organ, if you raise inadequate age of gravity, eat wrong and move too actively. The risk group includes children with overweight and chronic cholecystitis.
Pathogenesis
The mechanism of converting bilirubin into a sterobilinogen has not yet been thoroughly studied. A normally functioning liver converts bilirubin in the process of glycolysis to bilirubinglucuronides, many of which enter bile, then into the intestine, where they are restored to uro- and sterocilinogen, colorless substances that are normally eliminated to 95% through the rectum with feces, 5% leaves the body with urine, where, when oxidized in air, they turn into uro-and sterocilins of yellow color, imparting color to urine and feces.
Clarification of feces is caused by various causes, and develops in different ways, however, in the pathological mechanism of development, the liver function is always more or less involved. Bright feces are noted already in the early stages of hepatic disorders, when the output of bile pigments in the intestine is disturbed, and they are excreted mainly by the kidneys (urine darkens), and the feces lightens.
When intestinal microbiocenosis is disturbed, the lack of bacteria in the intestine upsets the process of formation in the intestine of sterocilinogen, and when the gallbladder is bent there is a mechanical obstruction of the bile ducts, and bile partially or completely does not enter the intestine. All this leads to disruption of normal metabolism and discoloration of stool.
Symptoms of the light feces in a child
Very light feces in a child is not always a manifestation of ill health. Light-colored and light-brown feces in a child of normal consistency can be considered as a variant of the norm, especially when the child feels well, fits no more than usual, is mobile, eats and sleeps well. Foods rich in calcium can lighten feces almost white-hot, the same goes for calcium preparations.
Light green feces in a child of normal consistency, with normal state of health and behavior, are also not a cause for concern. This can mean that a lot of green leafy vegetables, juices from them, peas are eaten.
Absolutely, of course, you should not relax, the child should be closely watched, in particular, pay attention to the color of his urine. A very dark color of urine and white with a grayish tinge of stool color, and quite often against a background of quite normal state of health - it is such first signs that viral hepatitis A (Botkin's disease) is the most likely form of the disease. To focus on yellowing of sclera of eyes and lemon-yellow color of a skin while there is no sense. Jaundice will appear later, but liver tests should already be different from normal. Sometimes hepatitis begins with a sharp rise in temperature, weakness, aches in the joints. Then, on the third day, the temperature drops, the fever passes, the condition improves, there remains mild weakness, nausea, dizziness, which is not surprising after hyperthermia. And then parents notice that the child has a light feces and vomiting, while the urine still darkens. In the color of faeces completely absent yellow shade, light gray feces in the child, as not very high-quality paper, in combination with dark brown urine should induce parents to conduct an immediate examination. Hepatitis is an insidious disease, fraught with complications. Sometimes, especially in children, it proceeds very easily, even without hyperthermia; however, in order to overcome the disease without consequences, it is necessary to adhere to a diet, do blood tests for bilirubin, check the activity of transaminases.
Light liquid feces in a child may indicate an intestinal infection - salmonellosis, dysentery. With salmonellosis in feces can be green veins, it can become quite light green or light gray in color and watery consistency. The feces of a child with dysentery, at the beginning of the disease, are abundant light yellow, on the second and third days the contents of the pot will become very poor and will look like a muddy mucus lump with veins of blood. With these diseases, a strong symptom is severe diarrhea, the child asks for the pot very often, more than five times a day. His stomach aches, maybe nausea, vomiting at the beginning of the disease, fever. Dysentery is characterized by painful urge to defecate, which are sometimes false. Symptoms of dehydration may appear.
Rotavirus infection begins with hyperthermia, then acute diarrhea and vomiting are added three to four times during the day. On the first day of the disease, light yellow, watery, abundant bowel movements with acidic odor are accompanied by attacks of acute abdominal pain, later (on the second and third), the feces become externally similar to clay. Diarrhea, like abdominal pain, lasts from three to seven days, vomiting usually ends on the third day of the illness. There is weakness, lack of appetite, drowsiness, congestion hyperemia, there may be respiratory symptoms - a sore throat, runny nose, coughing.
Light feces in a child after intestinal infection due to a violation of normal microflora. Dysbacteriosis can be a consequence not only of intestinal infections, antibiotic therapy also upsets the balance of microorganisms in the intestine. In this case, light foamy feces in a child may contain green veins. Defecation is frequent, the child complains of severe pain in the abdomen, increased gas formation. Babies can not complain yet, they are very moody, they often cry, throw their breasts, arched. There may even be rashes on the skin. Liquid light feces with mucus in the child has an unpleasant smell.
The whitish color of stool can be a sign of pancreatic inflammation ( pancreatitis ). In this case, the child complains of pain in the near-purple zone or the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, severe thirst, nausea, vomiting and fever are not ruled out.
Whipple's disease affects many organs, often is not diagnosed for a long time. It is characterized by severe diarrhea (more than ten times a day), hyperthermia, anemia, mesoenteric lymphadenopathy. The leading symptomatology is not intestinal, but joint damage and fever.
When the bile is bent or bent, bile practically does not enter the intestine and the feces also become discolored. At the child morbidity is felt in a place of an inflection - on the right, the pain irradiates in a zone of a back, scapulas. There may be flatulence, bloating, temperature jumps, stool disorders. Symptoms can weaken and return with renewed vigor. Their severity depends on the degree of inflection and its cause. With exacerbation of cholecystitis, the patient's skin becomes earthy-pale, the child feels sick, it has bitterness in the mouth and regular eructations.
Complications and consequences
Hepatitis A in comparison with other types of this disease usually goes without consequences, most children completely restore liver function, however, when stratifying chronic diseases, chronic cholecystitis, pancreatitis or dyskinesia of the bile ducts can develop.
The most frequent complication of viral or bacterial intestinal infections is dehydration, which leads to acute diarrhea and vomiting, and also complicates the possible joining of another type of infection. The course of dysentery and salmonellosis depends on the type of pathogen, the associated infection. The complications characteristic of dysentery are the paresis of the anal sphincter and, as a consequence, the prolapse of the rectal mucosa; paralytic or spastic intestinal obstruction. Infectious-toxic shock is considered the most dangerous complication of salmonellosis.
Consequences of inflammation of the pancreas can be the formation of calculi in the organ, false cyst, inflammation of the peritoneum, pleurisy and even diabetes mellitus.
The most dangerous complication of the bend of the gallbladder is the formation of stones in the gall bladder or ducts.
Diagnostics of the light feces in a child
If there is a suspicion that the causes of fecal decolorization are pathological, the child must be shown to the doctor and examined to find out the cause of ill health.
After examining and listening to complaints, the child will be assigned a set of diagnostic measures depending on the alleged diagnosis.
Laboratory tests will be required. With hepatitis, a clinical and biochemical blood test is done, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and the most up-to-date, as well as accurate, RNA virus can be assigned using a polymerase chain reaction.
Methods for diagnosing dysentery are an enzyme immunoassay for the presence of antibodies, bacteriological study of feces, a serological method, and a polymerase chain reaction to determine the species of shigella.
In salmonellosis, for the most part, diagnostics uses bacteriological examination of the seeding of vomit or stool, in the generalized form, also of blood. More modern express tests, such as enzyme immunoassay, latex agglutination reaction, can be used.
When dehydration is determined by its degree, the viscosity of the blood, its electrolyte composition.
To identify dysbiosis, a direct method is used (examination of the contents taken with fibrogastroscopy) or resort to indirect diagnostic methods: microscopic examination of stool culture, respiratory test with hydrogen, gas-liquid chromatography.
Pancreatitis is usually detected with the help of clinical and biochemical blood tests, feces analysis for coprogram and lipidogram, the degree of elastase-1 activity in feces.
In this case, instrumental diagnostics is appointed - ultrasound and radiography of peritoneum organs, computer or magnetic resonance imaging.
The main method of diagnosing the bending of the gallbladder is its ultrasound examination.
Differential diagnosis
Differential diagnosis is carried out to isolate the cause that led to the clarification of feces in the child. Intestinal infections accompanied by diarrheal symptoms are differentiated after detection of the pathogen, they also need to be distinguished from acute appendicitis, an attack of cholelithiasis, poisonings by fungi, organophosphorus, salts of heavy metals. Also, to choose the tactic of treatment, it is necessary to determine the type of pathogen.
Pancreatitis is differentiated from peptic ulcer, renal or biliary colic, acute cholecystitis, appendicitis, intestinal obstruction.
Treatment of the light feces in a child
Actions of parents directly depend on the state of the child. If the light color of the stool is unusually light is the only exciting sign, do not do anything. The child is active, eats well and does not complain about anything - we observe, remember that he ate, we take a wait and see attitude.
What if the baby has a light feces?
Pathological causes of light stain of a feces in a child are usually accompanied by some other symptomatology - diarrhea and abdominal pain in intestinal infections, dark urine with hepatitis, pancreatitis and twisting of the gallbladder also causes considerable discomfort, which attracts attention and is the reason for seeking help.
In children, Botkin's disease is often mild and with little symptomatology. Its first signs are the change in the color of feces. If the child is quieter, calmer than usual, went to sleep at an unusual time for himself or a couple of days ago he had a high fever, but now everything seems to be normalized, we study the urine. Dark brown urine is the color of strong beer - an occasion to consult a doctor. For yourself, you can do a home analysis - drop into the dark urine White or another detergent containing chlorine. Brownish-green color of urine indicates that it contained bilirubin, a normal reaction - the color will become even more intense brown. Naturally, a diagnosis for such an "analysis" can not be set, but you need to seek medical help.
Hospitalization for hepatitis A in the lungs is not necessary. The child can be left at home, providing him with isolation, peace and dietary diet number 5 (we exclude fatty, fried, egg yolks), as well as regular monitoring of the biochemical composition of the blood. If you notice a child's illness early, even in the pre-heptacious stage, then the struggle of his body with the virus will take about a month. Other forms of hepatitis are less likely, but more dangerous, so early diagnosis in any case will contribute to recovery with the least health consequences.
There are no special medicines for the treatment of Botkin's disease. Treatment is symptomatic, its goal is to reduce the effect of toxic substances accumulating in the body, restoring tissues and providing normal liver function. The modern approach to the treatment of hepatitis is the individual purpose of the optimal minimum for the removal of painful symptoms.
In the treatment of drugs used in the group of hepatoprotectors, which contribute to the repair and renewal of damaged hepatocytes, restore the metabolism of fats and proteins, their oxidation. Due to this action, the normal cellular structure of the liver is naturally restored, there is no dystrophic change in its tissues. The drug of choice in the treatment of hepatitis is Essentiale Forte. It consists of essential phospholipids, completely identical to endogenous in structure, but superior to their concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids. They are built into the envelopes of hepatocytes, damaged by viruses and restore cellular integrity, contributing to the natural processes of cell renewal and the normalization of metabolic processes. The drug is taken one or two capsules three times a day.
To remove toxins from the intestines and prevent meteorism two hours after each meal, enterosorbents are appointed, for example, Polyphepan, which binds and releases any toxic substances that enter the digestive tract. The active ingredient of the drug - lignin, is of vegetable origin, does not disturb the intestinal microbiocenosis, and also contributes to its natural recovery, by eliminating toxic elements. Promotes healing, restoration of tissues and their functions, increasing their own immunity.
Necessarily include in the treatment scheme vitamins A, E, C, rutin, group B.
For medium and heavy forms, preparations containing digestive enzymes (Creon, Mezim) are used, severe deterioration of the patient's condition requires more intensive therapy. Glucocorticoids that reduce the effect of pro-inflammatory factors and immune response, additionally damaging hepatocytes infected with viruses (Methylprednisolone) are used. The patient is prescribed drip infusions of detoxification solutions, for example, Hemodesis and cholagogue (Sorbitol). To improve immunity, immunomodulators can be prescribed.
Preparations from the group of enterosorbents are necessarily prescribed for intestinal, viral and bacterial infections. As the body as a result of vomiting and diarrhea loses a lot of water, salts, electrolytes, active rehydration therapy is carried out. For example, a child is given a regidron, which prevents dehydration. A packet of powder is diluted in a liter volume of boiled water at room temperature and given to drink to a child (at a time no more than 50ml). The drug is taken every 30 minutes, until the child drinks the whole portion. Dietary meals are given in small portions (if the child is able to eat), if refuses - do not force.
Apply probiotics that restore the normal microflora of the esophageal canal, for example, Bifiform, Linex, enzyme preparations. Depending on the condition, antipyretic or antispasmodics are prescribed.
There is no specific preparation that destroys rotavirus. The child is relieved by symptoms, if necessary using a minimum of drugs.
Salmonellosis may require more serious rehydration therapy, like dysentery, with the use of drip infusions or spray injections of isotonic polyionic solutions. In severe forms, antibiotic therapy, probiotics, can be prescribed.
Dysentery of moderate severity is treated with nitrofurans, for example, Furozolidone. In low doses, bacteriostatic, in high doses, the bactericidal action of the active component is based on its ability to bind to the nucleic acids of bacterial cells and to disrupt the production of certain proteins, which disrupts the reproduction of microorganisms and leads to their death. Nitrofuran also increases the activity of immunocytes and reduces the production of toxic substances by bacteria. The child's dose is calculated according to the child's age and weight. The drug may cause allergies and undesirable effects on the part of the digestive system, however, it is extremely rare. It is not prescribed for children until they reach the age of one month.
An alternative to taking antibiotics is the reception of bacteriophages. There are both salmonella bacteriophages and dysentery. These drugs are viruses that selectively parasitize in bacterial cells. The product of genetic engineering, devoid of its own cellular structure, settles in a suitable cellular organism. The result of their life activity is the destruction and death of a "lived" bacterium. This is a new word in conservative medicine.
Bacteriophages favorably differ from antibacterial drugs: they do not have an immunosuppressive effect; there is no resistance in bacteria; they cope well with the therapy of slow bacterial infections resistant to antibiotics; act selectively only on pathogenic microbes; they do not have a long list of contraindications.
Dysbacteriosis in children is treated in stages. First, the nutrition is corrected to improve micro-ecological conditions in the intestine - preparation for settling with beneficial bacteria. Food should be dietary, full and conducive to growth and reproduction of the necessary microflora. There should be porridge, rye bread, fresh fruits and vegetables, sour-milk products, nuts. At the second stage, the reception of bacteriophages is appointed, the next step is the colonization of the intestine with a useful microflora using probiotics, both with a strain of one species and several.
The final stage is therapy with enzyme preparations and immunostimulants.
Treatment of pancreatic inflammation in childhood is usually carried out in conservative ways and is aimed at ensuring functional rest of the body, eliminating the symptoms and causes of the disease.
For relief of acute symptoms of the child hospitalized, it is mandatory for him to bed rest and medical starvation one or two days. During this period, the child drinks alkaline mineral water, he is given the administration of a solution of dextrose, detoxification and other therapy according to indications. After fasting, a gentle diet is prescribed.
The therapeutic regimen can include painkillers and antispasmodics, antihistamines, drugs that inhibit gastric juice production and pepsin activity, for example, famotidine. To compensate for pancreatic dysfunction, the enzyme preparation Pancreatin is prescribed . According to the testimony, hormonal anti-inflammatory therapy, antibiotic therapy, and drugs that improve blood circulation and tissue respiration ( Pentoxifylline ) are administered . If the therapy is ineffective, surgical treatment can be performed.
In time, the detected bending of the gallbladder is usually well treatable. A child should adhere to a dietary diet. In the therapeutic scheme try to include the necessary minimum medicines: herbal choleretic doses, antibiotics, probiotics.
Whipple's disease is rare, poorly understood, and therefore difficult to diagnose. Earlier, patients died of this disease, but when the era of antibiotics came, the outlook became more optimistic. Cases of cure are known.
Herbal Treatment
People's experience in the use of medicinal herbs in diseases of the digestive system is very rich. If light feces in a child are caused by pathological causes, it is possible and necessary to use phytotherapy. Official medicine also gives preference to herbal preparations when it comes to treating a child. You can only use them, you can combine with medicines, but always after consulting with your doctor.
From the very beginning of the disease (even in the pre-hepatic stage of viral hepatitis) it is recommended to drink plenty of fluids. It can be an infusion of rose hips. The crushed dried fruits in the volume of a tablespoon are placed in a glass jar or enamel mug and poured into two glasses of boiling water. Place in a pan with hot water and rinse for a quarter of an hour in a water bath. They let it cool down to a warm state and decant. Infusion is taken by 1 / 3-1 / 4 cup three times a day before meals.
Shredded dry watermelon seeds are brewed overnight in a thermos, observing the proportions of 20g per volume of water 200ml, filtered from the morning and consumed 50ml three times a day.
One teaspoon of phytomixel from equal parts of barberry, juniper fruit, wormwood and yarrow herb, birch leaves are brewed with a glass of boiling water, after half an hour filter and drink twice a day for half a glass.
When intestinal infections also need to drink a lot to compensate for fluid loss. Decoctions of medicinal plants, in addition to liquid, will compensate for the loss of vitamins and minerals.
In dysentery, alternative medicine recommends drinking tea from dry berries of blackberries or blueberries. Brew stems and seeds of horse sorrel. Such tea is drunk on an empty stomach once in the morning. Also, the medicinal antidiabetogenic effect exerts juice from the burdock leaves, it is taken before meals on a tea or dessert spoon three times a day.
Prevents the growth and development of salmonella, incidentally strengthening immunity, royal jelly. It takes one teaspoon and is bred for 100 g of liquid honey. Use it is recommended once a day, on an empty stomach, sublingually. In general, honey has a beneficial effect on the digestive system, while tolerability it can sweeten infusions of medicinal plants.
Patients with salmonellosis are advised to brew tea from the plant mixture. It is prepared from the following ingredients: half a teaspoon of rosemary and sage, and a full spoonful of chamomile flowers for a serving. Brewed boiling water in a volume of 200 ml, allowed to cool to a warm state. Before use, sweeten with honey.
When pancreatitis is well helps decoction from the branches of thorns, grown on a bush a year ago. In the evening, take a dozen such twigs, break into pieces about 4 cm long, pour two liters of boiling water in an enamel saucepan, put on fire and allow to boil. Boil on low heat for three quarters of an hour, leave to insist on the night. In the morning strain and take half the glass before three meals a half an hour. Preheat each serving before use. After each admission, massage the pancreas site in a circular motion clockwise. Procedures must be performed within ten days.
In the bend of the gallbladder, it is recommended to use before each meal an infusion of a mixture of rose hips, mint leaves and birch, St. John's wort. Dry crushed plants are mixed in equal parts, then four teaspoons of the mixture is brewed in a thermos for the night ½ liter of boiling water. In the morning, filter and drink during the day in small portions.
Homeopathy
Homeopathic medicines take a special place in pediatric practice. The absence of side effects and mild effect increases their value in the treatment of a child's body, not yet damaged by the use of a variety of medications. In the treatment of diseases of the digestive organs, their complications and consequences, almost all homeopathic preparations are used. Classical homeopathic treatment has no age restrictions and can be prescribed from birth. The key to successful treatment is the appointment of a specialist. Self-medication can be not only useless, but also cause serious harm to the body.
Complex homeopathic preparations can be used in the treatment of pathological causes of the appearance of light feces in a child. The most versatile drug that can be used for hepatitis, pancreatitis, bend of the gallbladder drug Hepel. Contains eight active ingredients in different homeopathic dilutions, complexly affecting the digestive system and normalizing its functions.
Plune clavate (Lycopodium) - is prescribed for any hepatic pathology and dyspeptic disorders.
Purity is large (Chelidonium majus) - hepatitis, jaundice, bitterness in the mouth, inflammation of the gallbladder and bile ducts, pain and colic.
Cinchona (China) - acute diarrhea, indigestion, dehydration, diarrhea with blood.
Thistle (Carduus marianus) - liver disease, including those accompanied by stagnant phenomena.
Chemeritsa white (Veratrumalbum) - diarrhea, vomiting, collapse with gastroenterological disorders.
Pumpkin bitter (Citrullus colocynthis) - pains and spasms of the digestive canal and bile ducts.
Nut nut (Nux moschata) - dyspeptic disorders, accompanied by strong gas generation, weakness of the musculature of the intestine.
White phosphorus (Phosphorus) - removes spasms of smooth muscles of the digestive tract, it is used for severe infections, cachexia.
The drug is used in all diseases of the liver, gall bladder, dysbiosis, stimulates the detoxification function of the liver.
The drug is available in ampoules for injections and tablets. Injection is performed in any way, dosing - taking into account the age group: from birth to one year of age the dose of the drug is one-sixth of the contents of the ampoule, 1-2 full years - a quarter of the ampoule, 3-5 full years - half, from the age of six, the single dose is a whole ampoule . Injections are done once or twice a week, relief of acute cases allows daily application. The solution can also be used as an oral solution.
You can apply the tablet form. Pills dissolve completely under the tongue not less than, a quarter of an hour before a meal or an hour after. Children from the age of six can give a whole tablet. To small children, a single dose is ground into powder and diluted in pure boiled water as follows: from birth to one-year-old age, a quarter of a tablet to a teaspoon of water; 1-2 full years - half on two spoons; 3-5 full years - ¾ on three spoons. Multiplicity of admission - three times a day. Acute symptoms are stopped by a single dose every quarter of an hour, but no more than two hours in a row, then go to the usual reception mode.
To achieve a rapid and sustainable effect of treatment for lesions of the cellular structure of the liver, Hepel is prescribed in combination with injections of Inel Hol supplementing its effect in viral hepatitis, and Helidonium Homaccord H, which has a pronounced choleretic effect. The same combination is recommended for inflammation of the gallbladder and other processes, accompanied by congestion of bile.
In case of viral hepatitis, a combination of Inel-Khol preparation can be prescribed , which restores damaged liver cells of the liver, promotes their regeneration, prevents bile congestion, in combination with the drug Engistol, which quickly and effectively eliminates inflammatory processes, which removes intoxication by activating the body's own immunity, antiviral action.
With pathologies of the pancreas, the drug Hepel is recommended in combination with Gepar Suis Inel and Cenotus Gomakord.
Depending on the prevailing symptoms, other drugs can be prescribed that restore the normal activity of the digestive system, Gepar compositum, Spaskuprel. Dowdenheal in combination with Hepel is used in diseases of the gallbladder, and in combination with the drug Spaskuprel - with diseases of the pancreas.
The main thing is not to engage in self-medication, medications should be prescribed by a doctor, as well as determine the dosage and duration of treatment. In general, homeopathic therapy helps to significantly reduce the dose, and sometimes completely avoid the use of medications that have powerful side effects, such as glucocorticosteroids.
Prevention
The main prevention of the appearance of pathological causes of light feces in a child is rational baby nutrition. This will avoid many troubles: violation of intestinal microbiocenosis, excess weight, sometimes leading to a twisting of the gallbladder, an overabundance of sweet in the diet of a child who has an important role in the pathogenesis of pancreatitis. A balanced diet containing the necessary proteins, vitamins and minerals, as well as an acceptable rate of fats and carbohydrates will make the baby immunity higher, and the body stronger, which will allow to resist the infections.
You also need to monitor the child's physical and neuropsychic load, try not to allow stressful situations. Observe and teach the child basic rules of sanitation and hygiene, which will significantly reduce the risk of infection with intestinal infections.
When there are symptoms reminiscent of liver or gastrointestinal disease, contact a doctor, do not self-medicate. In time, the treated disease does not usually remind itself of itself.
Forecast
Basically, with timely access to the doctor all diseases that cause light feces in the child, are successfully cured. Botkin's disease usually occurs in children is not difficult and for a year the function of the liver is completely restored. Other hepatitis, and most likely of them forms B and C, are not so contagious, their virus must get directly into the bloodstream. However, with a healthy lifestyle, people who have lived through them live a long and full life.
Intestinal infections (dysentery, salmonellosis, rotavirus) also have a favorable prognosis. Mortality from them is low, about 2% of cases, mainly, they are children with weakened health, for which there was not very conscientious care.
Dysbacteriosis is not a disease at all, but the state of the intestinal microflora is completely recoverable, but the probability of Whipple's disease is negligible.