Dehydration Can Also Be Experienced by Babies, Recognize Signs and Symptoms

Medical Video: What are the signs of dehydration in a child? When should you go to the ER for dehydration?

Babies can become very fast dehydrated if they are experiencing severe diarrhea. Your baby's small body has relatively little fluid reserves and a high metabolic rate. So the baby easily loses fluid and electrolytes needed by the body. If the liquid is not replaced immediately, the baby will become dehydrated. So, what are the signs of a dehydrated baby? Check out the answer here.

What are the signs of a dehydrated baby?

One sign of a common dehydrated baby is a reduced number of wet diapers in a day. If your child usually urinates three or four times a day, but changes to only one time before going to bed, he may experience dehydration.

Dehydration affects your baby's entire body. To find out the symptoms of a dehydrated baby, you can pay attention to your child's level of activity. If your baby is dehydrated, he tends to not want to play or smile, but he will tend to sleep a lot.

However, on the contrary, if your baby likes to play around and look around and chatter, this is a good sign that he is not dehydrated.

In addition, check your baby's tongue, mouth and eyes. When the baby is dehydrated, his tongue and mouth look dry, and his eyes look sunken. Maybe even when your child cries, there are no tears coming out. This is one sign of a more severe dehydration baby.

Signs of a dehydrated baby based on its severity

Be aware of the following signs of dehydration, and immediately contact your pediatrician if he has any of the following symptoms.

Baby signs of mild to moderate dehydration

Less active
Not sweating
Tears came out when crying a little
Urinate less than usual
Baby's stool will be soft if dehydration is caused by diarrhea, if dehydration is caused by loss of other fluids (vomiting, lack of fluid intake) there will be a decrease in bowel movements.