More and more often young mothers have to face difficult situations, when the baby suddenly has diarrhea, it constantly vomits, vomiting does not stop, and the throat becomes bright red. Sometimes, these symptoms are accompanied by a rise in body temperature. What is this ailment? What is the reason, and how to overcome it?
Most likely, the combination of several of the above symptoms indicates the penetration of the child's rotavirus infection. In people, this disease is called intestinal flu, and its symptoms are most often observed in children aged five to six months to two years.
The first "bell"
At first, intestinal flu manifests itself as a normal indigestion. The child several times an hour asks to go to the toilet, and babies have to constantly change diapers. The color of the stools is bright yellow, and the smell is very sharp, specific. Then vomiting can join the diarrhea. In older children, intestinal flu can occur without a rise in temperature, while in infants, the mark on the thermometer usually rises above 38 degrees. After one or two days, the child's throat becomes red, and the lymph nodes increase. The child complains of a dry cough, and streams flow abundantly from the spout. It should be noted that in children the signs of intestinal flu manifest themselves in different ways. For example, in infants, intestinal flu is more like an acute respiratory disease or influenza. In addition, a small child can not complain of abdominal pain, nausea or headache. In older children, intestinal flu can occur without diarrhea and fever. This makes it very difficult for doctors to make the right diagnosis, and, as a consequence, the appointment of an adequate treatment.
The reason for the intestinal flu is rather banal is the failure to observe the basic rules of personal hygiene. Poorly washed foods, fallen apples on the floor, dirty hands, dummies and bottles - it is enough for a baby to lick an object on which rotavirus is present, and the microbe will be in the mouth, and then penetrate into the stomach where ideal conditions were created for its reproduction. Obviously, the best prevention of intestinal flu than accuracy and caution in terms of hygiene, and you can not think of.
First aid
Noticing the baby's first signs of infection with rotavirus, immediately make adjustments to his diet. First, do not give him any dairy products. This is due to the fact that during the illness the synthesis of the enzyme that breaks down the milk sugar, contained in kefir, cottage cheese, sour cream and whole milk, sharply decreases. It is the concentration of milk sugar and provokes a liquid and foamy stool.
Diarrhea and repeated vomiting is a rapid dehydration , and loss of water for a child's body is fraught with consequences. To prevent this, always offer the child a warm drink. It is better to drink it with broths of chamomile, lime, rice or mineral water without gas. But do not use large cups for this, because the liquid,
Forget about antibiotics and diarrhea remedies! The first are absolutely powerless in this case, and the second - only harm. Toxins, produced by the virus, must be removed from the child's body, and "sealed" in feces!
Urgent hospitalization is required if:
- the child refuses to drink, sleeps more than usual;
- in feces appeared mucus or blood;
- vomiting is observed more than 6-7 times a day;
- the temperature does not decrease more than five days.