In the first months, every detail of the child's life should not go unnoticed, especially as an important indicator of the functioning of the body, like a chair. Whether it is worth to sound the alarm, if the child has a frothy stool, and why this can occur, let's consider this article.
Causes of a foamy stool in an infant
Normally, the stool of a newborn baby, which is formed from the second week of life, is a mushy mass of yellowish or brownish color. Foamy feces in a child do not necessarily signal about any diseases, especially if it is observed singly and without accompanying other alarming symptoms.
Foamy stools in a newborn, month old and older can be a consequence of the body's reaction to new foods in its or the mother's diet, the early introduction of complementary foods, water, and the intake of medications. A nursing mother should follow her diet and, if necessary, adjust it. A child who is on artificial feeding may not come up and cause an allergic reaction mixture.
One of the causes of liquid foamy stool in a child is the imbalance of the front and back milk. This happens when the incomplete devastation of one breast offers the child a second. As a result, he receives less of the back, more fatty and nutritious milk, does not eat. In addition, it is in the back portions of milk that the lactase enzyme is contained, in the absence of which in the child's organism the valuable carbohydrate of lactose, which is supplied with the front milk, is not fully digested. The analysis of feces for carbohydrates will help to detect lactase deficiency, in which case the addition of this enzyme may be required.
Foamy stools together with other symptoms
If along with the frothiness the stool gets a sharp smell, it becomes greenish, it contains mucus, undigested fragments, this may indicate a dysbacteriosis in newborns . This can also change the frequency of bowel movements, diarrhea followed by constipation.
In the case of intestinal infection, foamy diarrhea in a child with a discharge of green content (sometimes with blood impurities) is observed up to 10 to 12 times a day and is accompanied by weakness, fever, lack of appetite.
Remember that even if the frothy stool is not long-lasting, and the child looks healthy and healthy, the specialist's consultation will never be superfluous.