Gastrointestinal, Pediatrics FAQ - Page 13

What to do if a newborn has difficulty with bowel movements? Hello, my younger brother is currently 1 month and 20 days old and is experiencing constipation. I have used a rectal thermometer to stimulate bowel movements three times. I am concerned that this may lead to a habitual...

Biliary (Cystic) Obstruction (Urgent Case) Hello Doctor: My sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter on July 20, 2004, three weeks early, so the baby weighs only 2,120 grams and is currently in an incubator. Last night, the nurse informed us that the baby had white stools, which ma...

Preventive vaccination If a baby vomits approximately twenty minutes after taking the third dose of the oral polio vaccine, is it necessary to administer the dose again? Thank you!

Do two-month-old infants need to drink water? Hello! 1. My child is currently over two months old. Previously, he would cry and spit up frequently during the night, so we sought medical advice. Doctor A mentioned that he has phlegm and suggested that besides chest percussion, h...

Baby with allergic constitution? Hello Dr. Zhao: My son is now two and a half months old. When he was nearly one month old, he exhibited allergic reactions—his face showed severe redness and rashes, and he was diagnosed with an allergic constitution by an allergist. Since I stopp...

Saliva Hello: My child is already 5 months old, but he/she is still drooling continuously. Sometimes it seems like he/she is choking and coughs. Could you please tell me what the issue might be? Thank you!

Choking on milk? Hello Dr. Chen, I have a four-month-old infant who, when drinking milk, initially takes large and rapid gulps, accompanied by loud gulping sounds during swallowing. This causes the baby to turn red in the face, lean backward, and cry loudly. Sometimes, milk even...

Milk consumption issues? Hello, Director Zhao: My son has just turned one month old. Most of the day, he drinks milk every three hours, about 100-120 cc each time, but sometimes he wants to eat every two hours, and very rarely even less than two hours. When he wants to eat every ...

Does a hydrolyzed protein formula impose a burden on the kidneys? Thank you, doctor, for answering my questions last time. Regarding some hydrolyzed proteins on the market, can they cause infants to absorb too much protein, leading to kidney strain? The ingredient labels on infan...

Severe spitting up? Hello Dr. Chang: My daughter is currently 5 months old, weighing 8 kg and measuring 69 cm in height. She started experiencing milk regurgitation at 4 months, and sometimes she vomits severely, almost 60 cc at a time. In the past week, she has been drinking onl...

Infant vomiting Hello Dr. Chen: My son is almost 11 months old and weighs less than 10 kg. He only wants to drink milk when he is sleeping, and when I feed him porridge while he is awake, he often vomits, even the milk that he managed to drink. Could this be pyloric stenosis? He ...

Issues with bowel movements in breastfed infants? My child is just over a month old and has not had a bowel movement for 8 days, although he is exclusively breastfed. He is passing gas and his feeding amount is normal. I can see him straining to poop every day, turning red in the...

Is there a problem with the gastrointestinal tract? Hello Dr. Cheng, I have a few questions I would like to ask you: 1. My baby is already 3 and a half months old, but he only consumes about 120cc of milk per feeding (approximately every 3 to 3.5 hours). Recently, he has been t...

Infant Nutrition My daughter is seven months old, but she only consumes 120cc of milk each time, every three hours. Could you please advise what a normal diet for a child at this stage should be?

Underweight A two-year and seven-month-old child has a height of 88.3 cm and a weight of 11 kg. Although the height has gradually increased over the past six months, the weight has not changed for seven months since reaching 11 kg at two years old. I am concerned that this may no...

Gastroenteritis? Enterovirus? Adenovirus? My daughter is currently 7 and a half months old and weighs 7.5 kg. She started experiencing mild diarrhea last Thursday (June 26), having three bowel movements a day (some formed, some semi-formed). The next day (June 27), she had two bo...

Constipation Hello, Dr. Zhao: I would like to ask about my son's bowel movements. He is now two and a half months old. Recently, his bowel movements have not been good; he goes two to three days without a bowel movement. His current feeding schedule consists of breast milk t...

What should I do? Hello, my baby is currently five months old. Two weeks ago, we started introducing solid foods, and a large red patch appeared on her left thigh. It disappeared after a few days, so I stopped feeding her solids. Last week, when we tried again, a red patch appear...

Stool color The baby is just five months old, and I recently noticed that her stool is black and has a stronger odor than before. She has only been given Quaker oatmeal mixed with her milk and has not started any solid foods. Could you please let me know if there is any gastroint...

CPR in Unconsciousness A 5-month-old child fell off the bed (with the legs on the bed and the upper body hanging down) and was found with a cold body, complete weakness, slightly open eyes, and dilated pupils. The doctor stated that the child had already died before arriving at t...