Symptoms of autumn diarrhea in children

summary

Children's autumn diarrhea is mostly caused by rotavirus infection, because it mostly occurs in autumn and winter, so it is usually called "autumn diarrhea". Infantile autumn diarrhea refers to the diarrhea that occurs from October to November. The most common age of onset is 6 months to 3 years old. The pathogens of autumn diarrhea include rotavirus, ECHO virus and Coxsackie virus. The main cause of autumn diarrhea is rotavirus. There is no specific drug for rotavirus at present. There are three clinical characteristics of autumn diarrhea: cold, vomiting and abdominal discharge. Children autumn diarrhea symptoms now tell you.

Symptoms of autumn diarrhea in children

The onset of acute, early often accompanied by cold symptoms, such as cough, nasal congestion, runny nose, half of the children will also have fever (common in the early course of disease), generally low fever, rarely high fever;

Stool frequency increases, about 10 times a day, more than 3 times should consider autumn diarrhea, stool is white, yellow or green egg soup, with a little mucus or pus blood, no fishy smell. Half of the children will vomit. Most of the vomiting symptoms occurred in the early stage of the disease, generally no more than 3 days.

Autumn and winter is the high incidence season of infantile diarrhea, most of which are caused by rotavirus infection. It is usually called "autumn diarrhea" because it mostly occurs in autumn and winter. The disease is sporadic or minor epidemic, transmitted by feces and mouth, and can also be caused by respiratory tract infection in the form of aerosol. The incubation period was 1-3 days. Most of the cases occurred in infants aged 6-24 months, and rare cases were over 4 years old. Acute onset, often accompanied by fever and upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, no obvious poisoning symptoms. At the beginning of the disease, vomiting often occurs before diarrhea. The stool frequency is many, the quantity is many, the moisture is many, the yellow water sample or the egg pattern then takes the small quantity mucus, does not have the fishy smell. The disease is a self limited disease with a natural course of 3-8 days.

matters needing attention

After children suffering from autumn diarrhea, reasonable diet and appropriate medication can shorten the course of disease and recover quickly, but it has little effect on children's health. If it is not handled properly, dehydration, acidosis and electrolyte disorder often occur, which seriously endanger the life of children; Or lead to disease delay, resulting in malnutrition, affect the growth and development of children. Therefore, it is necessary for parents to understand and master some home treatment and nursing methods for infantile diarrhea.