Children with viral gastroenteritis symptoms?

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According to media reports, the number of children with internal diseases in many regional hospitals has increased rapidly recently, including children with vomiting and diarrhea. Experts said that in children with vomiting and diarrhea, children with viral gastroenteritis accounted for about half, especially rotavirus caused gastroenteritis, vomiting, abdominal pain more. Children with viral gastroenteritis symptoms? Let's talk about it.

Children with viral gastroenteritis symptoms?

Viral gastroenteritis is a group of acute intestinal infectious diseases caused by rotavirus, norovirus and other viruses. Its clinical characteristics are vomiting, diarrhea, etc., which are more common in children under 2 years old.

Rotavirus is the most important virus causing viral gastroenteritis in children, and it is the main source of severe diarrhea in infants. It is prevalent in autumn and winter, and the infection route is fecal oral route. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, abdominal pain and bloody watery diarrhea. In severe cases, fatal gastroenteritis, dehydration and electrolyte imbalance may occur. The symptoms lasted for 3-9 days. Almost every child about five years old has been infected with rotavirus at least once. After each infection, the human body's immunity will gradually enhance, and the impact of subsequent infection will be reduced, so adults are rarely affected by it.

Symptomatically, rotavirus is more dangerous than norovirus. Rotavirus has always been the primary culprit of gastrointestinal diseases in infants. It often occurs in children under 5 years old. The most obvious phenomenon is sudden high fever, vomiting, watery stool, and persistent diarrhea for about 5-7 days. Norovirus is more infectious than rotavirus. This year, major hospitals are full of victims, with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and sudden high fever.

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If your child accidentally suffered from viral gastroenteritis, then it is necessary to do a good job of nursing. Among them, prevention of dehydration is the first principle to deal with viral gastroenteritis. Parents can use oral rehydration salts at home to supplement water for children with diarrhea and vomiting, so as to prevent dehydration and electrolyte disorder. But for severe vomiting, it is recommended to send to hospital for treatment. It is difficult for parents to deal with it at home, and the doctor will carry out rehydration and antiemetic treatment.