Autumn diarrhea symptoms dehydration?

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Different seasons have different characteristics of baby diarrhea. Different from summer diarrhea caused by bacterial infection, the symptoms and treatment of autumn diarrhea are special. Current studies have shown that rotavirus vaccine can reduce and prevent autumn diarrhea. Autumn diarrhea symptoms dehydration? Let's talk about it.

Autumn diarrhea symptoms dehydration?

Rotavirus infection mainly affects children under 5 years old, especially in infants aged 6 months to 3 years old. The incidence rate is generally the highest through the faecal oral route, and can also be caused by respiratory tract infection.

After the baby has autumn diarrhea, the main symptoms are fever and diarrhea. Some babies will initially vomit, and some babies will also have cough, runny nose and other cold symptoms. Diarrhea, the baby's stool frequency from a few times a day to a dozen times. Stool is watery stool or egg pattern stool, yellow green or milky white, with a small amount of mucus, no pus, no fishy smell.

Usually, the duration of fever and vomiting is about 2 days, diarrhea lasts about 3-5 days or a week, and a few can last as long as three weeks. Severe diarrhea in autumn can lead to dehydration and electrolyte balance disorder in the baby. If not treated in time, it may be very serious. In addition, there are also reports that individual cases of rotavirus infection will also affect other organs of the body.

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Prevention of dehydration is also a very important part of the treatment of autumn diarrhea and other kinds of diarrhea. According to the principle of small amount and many times, we should increase drinking water (mainly boiled water) for the baby. When the baby has many times of diarrhea, dehydration symptoms, or has been diagnosed as mild or moderate dehydration, oral rehydration salt is generally given to him. For moderate dehydration or severe vomiting and diarrhea, infusion is required. These measures can correct dehydration, electrolyte and acid-base balance disorder in time.