What symptom is infantile enteritis?

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Acute gastroenteritis in children is a common digestive tract disease. Infant gastrointestinal function is relatively poor, low resistance to external infection, a little discomfort is easy to get sick. Tell us about the symptoms of infantile gastroenteritis.

What symptom is infantile enteritis?

Acute gastroenteritis if cause is light diarrhoea, general condition is good, defecate below 10 times a day, for yellow or yellow green, a small amount of mucus or white soap, fecal matter is not much, sometimes defecate is "egg flower soup". Intestinal infection is caused by bacteria and viruses, especially pathogenic Escherichia coli, which is the main pathogenic bacteria. If the child is ill and a large number of irrational use of antibiotics, but also cause mold on gastrointestinal invasion.

Acute gastroenteritis can also cause severe diarrhea, defecating several to dozens of times a day. A large amount of watery stool, a small amount of mucus, nausea and vomiting, low appetite, and sometimes vomit coffee like substances. If hypokalemia occurs, abdominal distension and systemic poisoning may occur; Such as irregular low or high fever, restlessness and low spirits, hazy consciousness, and even coma. Diseases other than gastrointestinal tract, such as inflammation of upper respiratory tract, pneumonia, nephritis and otitis media, can reduce digestive enzyme secretion and increase intestinal peristalsis due to fever and absorption of bacterial toxins.

Unreasonable feeding of infants, children eat too much, too little; Or too early, too much starch, fat food; Sudden changes in food, sudden weaning, etc., can cause diarrhea.

matters needing attention

Low fat, less fiber. Food with too much fat is not easy to digest, and its intestinal smoothing effect often aggravates the symptoms of diarrhea. Therefore, patients should not eat fried, fried, raw and cold food and multi fiber food. They can choose easily digestible fine noodles, stewed noodles, wonton, tender vegetable leaves, fish, shrimp, eggs and beans to rest their intestines. Patients with chronic enteritis, such as dehydration, can drink some light salt boiled water, vegetable soup, rice soup, fruit juice, rice porridge, to supplement water, salt and vitamins. When the exhaust and bowel sounds are too strong, you should eat less sucrose and foods that are easy to produce gas and ferment, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, white radish, pumpkin, milk, soybeans, etc.