Symptoms of acute enteritis in children

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Children's gastrointestinal function is not fully developed, resistance and digestive function are relatively poor, so it is easy to have gastrointestinal problems. In particular, some parents usually do not pay attention to feeding, what food do not choose to eat for their children, which is more likely to lead to children's gastrointestinal discomfort, and children's more common gastrointestinal problems is prone to acute enteritis phenomenon, when the head of the family found that children suffering from enteritis, timely treatment is very important. So how to judge children suffering from acute enteritis from what symptoms? In fact, children's acute enteritis will appear many symptoms, let's take a look at what symptoms children's acute enteritis will have.

Symptoms of acute enteritis in children

The occurrence of children's acute enteritis is mostly caused by eating unclean food or raw and cold food. If acute gastroenteritis is only caused by mild diarrhea, it is generally in good condition. This mild symptom is generally manifested as: stool is less than 10 times a day, yellow or yellow green, a small amount of mucus or white soap, fecal matter is not much, and sometimes stool is like "egg flower soup".

Acute enteritis in children can also cause severe diarrhea. The frequency of baby's stool will increase, ranging from dozens of times, and the stool is mostly a large amount of watery stool, a small amount of mucus, which can be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, low appetite, and sometimes vomit coffee like substances. If hypokalemia occurs, abdominal distension and systemic poisoning may occur; Accompanied by low fever or high fever, can have restlessness, mental depression phenomenon, high fever may also appear coma, so for more severe acute enteritis children, need timely treatment.

Children with acute enteritis and mild diarrhea should avoid eating indigestible and high-fat diet, drink rice soup or skimmed milk, and breast-feeding should shorten the feeding time. For mild diarrhea treated at home, oral rehydration salts can be used to relieve symptoms, while for severe children, they should be sent to hospital in time for treatment according to specific conditions.

matters needing attention

The children should not eat spicy food and cold food. The diet should be light and easy to digest food. It is better to drink more millet porridge. If possible, it's better to do stool test or culture to make a definite diagnosis.