Parents of children with diarrhea in the busy autumn what

Recently in the pediatric outpatient clinic patients, the incidence of diarrhea in children increased in autumn, in which infants and young children with acute diarrhea, rotavirus is the most important viral disease sexually transmitted diseases of the original. Infantile diarrhea per year worldwide reached 130 million, whether developing or developed countries, almost every child under the age of 5 have been infected by rotavirus, about 18 million children suffering from severe rotavirus diarrhea, with nearly one million children due to dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and death. In China, due to the nutritional status of children and medical conditions improve, the disease mortality rate has decreased significantly, but its incidence remains high.

Autumn is a high incidence of infant diarrhea season, it is called the autumn diarrhea. During this period of diarrhea caused by rotavirus infection the most common source of infection from patients with latent infection and carry the virus. Children with acute phase stool contains large amounts of virus, disease 3 to 4 days after row of viral load up to. Disease is contagious, the virus can be transmitted through close contact with, or popular, can also be transmitted through the respiratory tract. 6-month-old to 3-year-old children is a major susceptible population, but 6 to 11 months of age the highest incidence of infant and young child.

Rotavirus infection in children are often begins abruptly, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, dehydration is the main symptom. Children, expressed initially as cough, clear nasal mucus flow and other “cold” symptoms, early vomiting before diarrhea, frequent vomiting, stomach contents and spit milk, and vomiting for 2 ~ 3 days, then began to appear within 24 hours of diarrhea, ranging from several times a day, as many as dozens of times, thin stool, showing samples of water or egg soup-like, sometimes milky white sample, occasional mucus, no sepsis, multi-no special stench smell. The vast majority of cases have fever, as children with frequent diarrhea and vomiting, eating one less easily lead to dehydration, acidosis and electrolyte disturbance, mental dejected, drowsiness, disorientation, and so on, if not promptly treated, may occur with low blood volume shock and thus life-threatening. Lesser condition, after active treatment, diarrhea can be cured in a week or so. Rotavirus diarrhea in infants, under normal circumstances for the self-limiting disease, and the vast majority of mild clinical manifestations.

Children with diarrhea in autumn there are many treatment methods, such as oral diarrhea soup, probiotics, Chinese massage and so on, but the diarrhea in the family treatment and care is also very important. Right place light – moderate dehydration in children with the need fluid replacement therapy can be used efficiently also inexpensive oral rehydration salts (abbreviated ORS) to conduct oral rehydration therapy, play a role in prevention and treatment of dehydration. Of course, you can own, first is a rice soup with salt solution alternatives. Specific formula: rice soup 500 ml (1 kg bottles mounted bottle) + Xiyan 1.75 grams (half the bottle of beer), at any time oral, how much to drink much. The second is sugar, salt substitute. Specific formula: drinking water 500 ml (1 kg bottles mounted bottle) + sugar 10 grams (2 tsp) + Xiyan 1.75 grams (half the bottle of beer), at any time orally. When prepared in accordance with the recommended ratio must be produced, if too much sugar, diarrhea may be more serious; salt too harmful to the child. Distribution of oral rehydration salts if too thin, the effect will be relatively poor. Oral rehydration salt water to feed their children should be patient, a small amount several times to feed, every 2 to 3 minutes feeding time, feeding every 10 to 20 ml, this adds up to about 4 ~ 6 hours that is able to correct the dehydration.

Attention diarrhea diet conditioning. Fasting may result in inadequate nutritional supplements, children will be crying because of hunger, there is more than easy to hypoglycemia, weight is reduced significantly detrimental to the recovery of the body. If they continue to feed, manual quick recovery, disease resistant and beneficial to the body recovery. Thus, the general doctors will advocate from thin to thick, Shaoshiduocan approach. Breastfeeding, child feeding and watering free, appropriate increase in feeding frequency; artificial feeding children can first feed diluted milk (milk, 1 part water 2 copies) 2 ~ 3 days, but also the milk boiling, remove the above Naipi, lower fat content, as skim milk, whole milk, then gradually increased; eat formula diarrhea child can buy specialized in consumption formula during diarrhea. More than six months a child can choose rice soup, rice porridge, rotten noodles, milk, lotus root starch, juice, fruit juice, eggs, soup, etc. with the human body needs a large number of electrolyte liquid diet, easy to digest and absorb. Wait for his condition under control, began to return to normal eating should pay attention to start with liquid to semi-liquid, and then to the gradual transition of soft rice.

Baby diarrhea Parents should observe the baby’s consciousness, mental status, face, limbs, temperature, pulse rate changes, watch for dehydration and dehydration is improved or increased. Observe the child’s urine frequency, volume and characteristics, and seriously make a record. Retain some of the fresh stool in time to the hospital laboratory, the best one or two days testing every other time, would be more accurate to provide reliable basis for the treatment of disease.

To parents not to bring baby to public places and crowded places to keep indoor air fresh, air circulation, to reduce the viral infection. Do a good job isolating disinfection of all items used in children (diapers, clothing, toys, books, etc.) should be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected, so that can prevent infection. Parents should be careful before and after nursing the sick child to wash hands to prevent cross infection; each time it must be for the children after cleaning the buttocks to prevent diaper dermatitis, and then cover some of fats and oils of the ointment, impregnated urine and feces to avoid being a “red butt . ”

Diarrhea and fever in children who care when you first take off their children, too many clothes, oral antipyretics, while giving the cold such as ice cooling, so that is conducive to body temperature returned to normal. If the temperature continues to rise sick child, mental dejected, diarrhea, frequent, pale, there must be immediately sent to hospital for treatment.

With the departure of the summer heat, gradually cooler autumn weather, the cold will strengthen the peristalsis, increase in children with diarrhea, parents should pay more attention to your baby’s abdomen warm, in time to add the clothing. In order to prevent the invasion of human rotavirus, domestic and foreign scientists have developed an effective vaccine, the spread of diarrheal diseases in autumn will be able to be effectively controlled.