Symptoms of viral infection in children?

Update Date: 2023-02-19 Source: Network

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Infantile viral enteritis, also known as viral diarrhea, is a group of acute intestinal infectious diseases caused by a variety of viruses. The general symptoms are acute disease, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, watery stool or loose stool, fever and general discomfort. The course of disease is short and the mortality is low. The clinical manifestations of gastroenteritis caused by various viruses are basically similar. Symptoms of viral infection in children? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of viral infection in children?

1. The incidence rate of rotavirus is generally the highest in 9~12 month old patients, but rare below 6 month old. However, the incidence of artificial feeding newborns has been more frequent recently. Adult diarrhea rotavirus is generally susceptible to the crowd, but mainly in young adults. Patients with infectious source and asymptomatic carriers are the main sources of infection.

2. In adult patients, the incubation period of diarrhea rotavirus enteritis is 2-3 days, the onset is acute, most of them have no fever or only low fever, and the main symptoms are diarrhea, abdominal pain and abdominal distension. This kind of virus has latent period, diarrhea 3 ~ 10 times a day, for yellow water or rice soup like stool, no pus. Some patients with nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.

3. General rotavirus enteritis, incubation period of 1-3 days. The symptoms of children aged from 6 to 24 months were severe, while most of the older children or adults had mild or subclinical infection. The onset of acute, vomiting after diarrhea, with mild, moderate fever.

matters needing attention

In daily life must let the baby develop the good habit of washing hands frequently, do not eat disorderly, pay attention to hygiene. Once the baby is suffering from viral enteritis, we must see a doctor in time, give the child more water, can add some rehydration salt, so as not to cause dehydration, treatment is to cooperate with the doctor, to add some antiviral drugs.