What are signs of dehydration in infants?
dehydration in infants can quickly develop in hot weather, during a disease where the child is unable to keep the fluids down and/or refuses to drink. Untreated, dehydration, can be fatal. Parents and carers should know behavioral and physical symptoms and symptoms of mild to medium and severe dehydration in infants, which includes urine production, weight loss and soft spot on the head.
urine output is a very good indication of dehydration. Healthy, hydrated children usually produce wet diapers every few hours. Children with dehydration will have reduced urine output, which will lead to wet diaper no more than every four to six hours. Urine can also have a strong odor and be dark colored. A child with a mild to medium dehydration can lose 3-9% of body weight. In the case of severe dehydration, weight loss can be over 9% of body weight.
Fontanels or soft spots on the baby's head are a non -stroke with the rest of the scalp. In the case of a slightly to moderately dehydrated child MOhou be fontanels slightly released or depressed. Deeply released fontanels are a sign of extreme dehydration in infants. Fontanels can also have noticeable pulsating in the worst cases.
children who have a mild to medium dehydration can be lethargic, heartless and/or more irritated than usual. Severe dehydration in infants can also cause extreme drowsiness. Carers may have difficulty awakening infants from sleep. In the worst cases of dehydration, the child can become unconscious and unresponsive.
cool hands and legs, production of very little tears when crying and sticky, dry mucous membranes are other indicators of mild to medium dehydration in infants. Strongly dehydrated infants can also have cold hands and legs, as well as spotted, spotted or blue skin with arid muco membranes. Very dehydrated children will not produce any tears when they cry.
cardiacThe frequency may be increased and the pulse quality can be reduced in children who are slightly or slightly dehydrated. In severe cases, the child will have a rapid heart rate and a weak, a pulse fiber. PULS can even be undetectable.
In a hydrated child, the skin immediately returns to normal if it is finely clamped. In infants with moderate to moderate dehydration, the skin may take up to two seconds before returning to normal. The skin of dangerously dehydrated infants either remains wrinkled or lasts for more than two seconds before it normalizes.
by pressing the nail of the hydrated baby causes blankets and the nail bed turns. After releasing the nail, the capillaries are immediately complemented and returned. Nail beds of slightly slightly dehydrated infants also blanch, but the capillary filling is extended. The capillary filling of a seriously dehydrated child is extremely slow or does not fulfill.
children can live for several days without food, but they can die at once if they are seriously dehydrated. BakeWaters who notice one of the symptoms of dehydration should immediately connect with a doctor or take the child to the emergency room of the nearest hospital. If the caregiver is not sure if the child is dehydrated, it is best to be wrong on the side of caution and contact a doctor.