What medicine does child enteritis take best

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Children under five years old often have vomiting and diarrhea in autumn and winter, which is mostly caused by rotavirus gastroenteritis. Rotavirus is the most important cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, accounting for 5 – 10% of all children with gastroenteritis and 10 – 50% of hospitalized children with diarrhea. The common infection way of gastroenteritis is eating unclean food or drinking polluted water, or close contact with patients, so what is the best medicine for children with enteritis?

What medicine does child enteritis take best

Antiemetic drugs antiemetic drugs may be helpful in the treatment of vomiting in children, but they must be taken according to the doctor's advice. Ondansetron has a certain practical value, single use can reduce the need for intravenous infusion, hospitalization and vomiting. However, the use of ondansetron may be associated with an increased risk of readmission. If clinically necessary, ondansetron intravenous solution can also be taken orally. Metoclopramide may be effective.

Antibiotics are not usually used for gastroenteritis, but are recommended if symptoms are particularly severe or if susceptible bacteria are found and a bacterial infection is suspected. The World Health Organization (who) recommends the use of antibiotics in children with hematochezia and fever.

Antidiarrheal drugs should not be used in children - they can be dangerous. Antidiarrheal drugs are theoretically at risk of complications, although clinical experience has shown that this is unlikely and is not recommended in the case of bloody stool or diarrhea with fever. Loperamide is an opioid analogue commonly used in the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea. However, loperamide is not suitable for children because it may cross the immature blood-brain barrier and cause poisoning. Gastroenteritis in children is much more complicated than that in adults, so we must see a doctor.

matters needing attention

The hospitalized index of children's gastroenteritis: when the patient has a persistent high fever for more than 48 hours, combined with vomiting and severe diarrhea, and has diarrhea more than 10 times a day, he should be hospitalized. In addition, because diarrhea leads to severe dehydration (weight loss and urine volume reduction), plus mental laziness and loss of appetite, he should also be hospitalized.