Diarrhea and Water Loss 10 minutes – 4. Share the Meaning of Each Picture Ask the caregivers to describe what they see in the pictures on page 5. Read the captions on the flipchart out loud. Share the meaning of each picture using flipchart pages 4 and 5. A with diarrhea loses water and strength. Watery feces three times in one day is diarrhea. This child has lost too much water. His body is weak and thin. Like a tree without rain a child with diarrhea is at risk of sickness and death. The tree is unable to stand. It has lost all of its leaves and dried out. A child with diarrhea is at risk of death just like this tree. Besides diarrhea, what other sicknesses cause water loss? Vomiting Sweating from fever Additional Information for the Trainer Defined Diarrhea is defined as watery feces three or more times in one day. Exclusively breastfeeding infants have soft, loose feces. This is not diarrhea. However, if a breastfeeding has soft feces more than once after each feeding; this is diarrhea. Breastfeed more often to replenish all the liquids that are lost. Diarrhea is common in children especially between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. It is also common for children younger than six months who are eating or drinking liquids other than breast milk. Diarrhea Prevalence (DHS 2011) Fourteen percent of children in Amhara had diarrhea and 5% had diarrhea with blood. Of the children with diarrhea over half of them (58%) where children 1-2 years of age. Severity Worldwide, diarrhea is the second leading cause of death to children under five years of age. It kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. In the year 2007, Ethiopia alone lost 73,700 children from diarrhea. A child can become dehydrated if fluids are not replaced at the first signs of diarrhea, and in turn die very quickly.
Diarrhea and Water Loss – 10 minutes 4. Share the Meaning of Each Picture Ask the caregivers to describe what they see in the pictures on page 5. Read the captions on the flipchart out loud. Share the meaning of each picture using flipchart pages 4 and 5. A with diarrhea loses water and strength. Watery feces three times in one day is diarrhea. This child has lost too much water. His body is weak and thin. Like a tree without rain a child with diarrhea is at risk of sickness and death. The tree is unable to stand. It has lost all of its leaves and dried out. A child with diarrhea is at risk of death just like this tree. Besides diarrhea, what other sicknesses cause water loss? Vomiting Sweating from fever Additional Information for the Trainer Defined Diarrhea is defined as watery feces three or more times in one day. Exclusively breastfeeding infants have soft, loose feces. This is not diarrhea. However, if a breastfeeding has soft feces more than once after each feeding; this is diarrhea. Breastfeed more often to replenish all the liquids that are lost. Diarrhea is common in children especially between the ages of 6 months and 2 years. It is also common for children younger than six months who are eating or drinking liquids other than breast milk. Diarrhea Prevalence (DHS 2011) Fourteen percent of children in Amhara had diarrhea and 5% had diarrhea with blood. Of the children with diarrhea over half of them (58%) where children 1-2 years of age. Severity Worldwide, diarrhea is the second leading cause of death to children under five years of age. It kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. In the year 2007, Ethiopia alone lost 73,700 children from diarrhea. A child can become dehydrated if fluids are not replaced at the first signs of diarrhea, and in turn die very quickly.
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