Women who have become more recent moms, are very attentive to any changes regarding the health of their baby. They follow not only the general condition of the child, but also pay attention to any details that may suggest that something is amiss with the baby's body. This also applies to the baby's chair. Mom, changing a diaper, very carefully examine and study its contents, i.e. color, odor and stool consistency. Such attentiveness helps in the recognition of the trait, in which it is necessary to take measures to identify the causes of deviation from the infant's health and eliminate them.
In toddlers who have not yet turned a year old, it is difficult to determine the norm in relation to their feces. The color, smell and consistency of the feces of a small child depends on various factors: for example, whether the kid has received any medication in the recent past, whether his mother is breastfeeding or giving mixtures, and also for the child's age. The white color of the stool is undeniably not the norm, but it does not always indicate the presence of a serious illness.
If a child receives artificial feeding, then his bowel movements can turn into light or even white under the influence of some types of baby food. In the period of eruption of milk teeth, if the baby began to receive complementary foods, then his feces can also turn white. In children who already get a lot from an adult diet, the feces can turn white due to a significant amount of calcium that enters the body along with dairy products. If the child's body is not able to process an impressive amount of carbohydrates that come with food, then his feces can also become light.
However, stained white feces is not always a response to the food received. Sometimes the white color of feces is one of the symptoms that indicates a disease or a deviation from the normal functioning of the digestive system. It is necessary to consult a doctor if your child has repeatedly observed lightly stained excrements.
Usually the first assumption of having white feces in a child is a hepatitis disease. But many think that with hepatitis must necessarily be in addition to white feces, yellowing of the skin and eyes in the child. But jaundice is not always accompanied by a discoloration of the skin and eyeballs, yellowing may appear later, even after the time when white feces was the only symptom of hepatitis. But you can not rush to conclusions, yet it is necessary to show the child to a specialist, to confirm or refute the alleged diagnosis with the help of the necessary research and collection of analyzes.
If the child has a normal functioning of the gallbladder, white feces may also appear. Violations include complete or partial obstruction of the biliary tract. Also, if bile does not leave the gallbladder badly, then the feces are whiter than normal. bile stains stool. Such a physician chair is called "alcholoid", i.e. not containing bile.
Also, certain groups of drugs and dehydration can affect the color of the feces. If the child has white feces, abdominal pains and bloating, then this indicates the presence of dysbacteriosis. The color of the feces can turn white if the rotavirus infection is present in the child's body, but body temperature, diarrhea and vomiting are increased, cold symptoms are also likely - redness and sore throat, runny nose. Stools in such cases acquire not only whitish, but also a grayish shade, and in structure resembles wet clay.
White feces in children can be due to different causes and this is not always a dangerous disease. For example, feces can acquire a white tint, if the child has erupted first teeth. In this case, white feces can immediately return to normal. But also staining white feces can be a symptom of serious ailments. It is necessary to seek help from a doctor if your child has a white stool more than once, and at the same time observe a picture of the child's general morbid state.