Gastroenteritis - inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines. This disease is acute or chronic. It develops after taking certain medicines, but most often it is caused by bacteria, parasites and viruses (rotaviruses, caliciviruses, adenoviruses). If an adult is diagnosed with infectious gastroenteritis, he is the source of infection for others.
Signs of gastroenteritis
Attacks of nausea and vomiting are symptoms of gastroenteritis in adults requiring immediate treatment. This is how the body tries to remove the cause of the disease from the stomach. If the treatment is not available, the patient begins diarrhea. It can be a quickened loose stool or profuse diarrhea. In any case, diarrhea removes beneficial substances and water from the body, which causes dehydration.
Other symptoms of acute gastroenteritis in adults are:
- bloating - with such a disease, gas formation is usually increased, which sometimes causes a very strong swelling;
- pain in the abdomen - appear due to spasms of the intestine;
- fever - as a result of intoxication of the body in many patients significantly increases the temperature.
Some people with this disease completely lacks appetite. Thus, the body protects the inflamed mucosa of the digestive tract.
In chronic gastroenteritis, adults develop symptoms such as:
- muscle weakness;
- pronounced noise of peristalsis;
- white coating on the tongue .
Treatment of gastroenteritis
When the first symptoms of acute gastroenteritis in adults, you should begin treatment and limit food intake. Because of the loss of fluid with frequent liquid stool and vomit, rapid dehydration is possible, so you need to drink a lot, but in small portions. It is best not to use ordinary water, but a saline solution (add 10 g of salt and 20 g of sugar in 1 liter of water). Apply to replenish the fluid loss and dissolved in water chemistry powders for rehydration. It is best to use Regidron or Oralit.
With severe dehydration, oral rehydration is not enough. In this case, for the treatment of gastroenteritis in adults, physiological saline, Reopoliglyukin and 5% glucose solution are administered, which are administered intravenously. Quite often, patients are diagnosed with vitamin deficiency, so treatment includes the intake of B vitamins or multivitamin complexes.
To restore the gastric mucosa and intestines with gastroenteritis in adults, various astringent and enveloping agents are prescribed to patients. It can be De-nol or Tanalbin. Physiotherapy is very effective in treating such a disease:
- warming compresses;
- inductothermy;
- paraffin applications;
- ozokerite.
Often with gastroenteritis, the normal composition of the intestinal microflora is disrupted. In such cases, it is advisable to take Bifidumbacterin, Linex, Acipole or other prebiotics.
Diet with gastroenteritis
Observance of drinking regimen and diet are the best methods of treating gastroenteritis in adults after the appearance of the first symptoms. In the acute stage of the disease you need to eat only biscuits made from white bread, rice or oatmeal. Food should be divided, and portions - small. After the symptoms subsided, the diet can be expanded. To eat is allowed:
- any porridge welded on the water;
- boiled vegetables;
- dairy products;
- low-fat varieties of meat and fish;
- dried bread.
Drink best jelly, fruit juices, tea and compotes.
Within a month the patient is forbidden to use:
- beans;
- confectionery;
- carbonated drinks;
- baking;
- fried, fatty, spicy dishes;
- semi-finished products;
- fast-food products.