Rota diarrhea

Rota diarrhea's disease overview

What is Rota diarrhea ?

Rota diarrhea is an acute diarrhea in young children caused by Rotavirus. Rotavirus is the most common cause of acute diarrhea, which can be fatal in young children.

Rotavirus diarrhea often shows typical manifestations such as diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and dehydration, which can lead to vascular collapse and death.

Rotavirus diarrhea occurs most in children under 5 years old, usually distributed in temperate climates and seasonal diseases, especially in the winter. In tropical countries, the disease occurs all year round.

Causes of Rota diarrhea's disease

The cause of acute diarrhea caused by Rotavirus is a virus called Rotavirus. This virus has the ability to survive sustainably in the environment, which can live hours on the hands and on solid surfaces. In particular, Rotavirus can live stably and cause disease when living in stool for 1 week.

Symptoms of Rota diarrhea's disease

After being infected from the disease for about 1-2 days, children manifest the following symptoms:

vomiting: first appeared, before diarrhea from 6-12 hours, lasting for 2-3 days. Children vomit a lot, then gradually less and then diarrhea.

diarrhea: Water all -water, green sauerkraut, mucus and bloodless. Diarrhea increases gradually in the following days, lasting for 3-9 days.

may have fever, abdominal pain, cough, nose.

It is easy to show signs of dehydration: dry lips, sunken eyes, thirsty, stimulating or stimulating struggling, fussy crying, evaluating the hit of the skin pinching quickly/ disappearing Slow, low -lying ... chestnuts are easy to dry if not treated promptly.

Metabolic acidosis: Breathing strongly, worms, red lips.

Signs of potassium lowering: abdominal distention, paralysis of muscle function, arrhythmia, body weakness.

Children are susceptible to weight loss and malnutrition due to severe dehydration.

Transmission route of Rota diarrhea's diseaseRota diarrhea

Children with Rota diarrhea or normal people but carrying in itself Rota virus will be the source of environmental pollution, especially the water environment, possibly items. surrounding contact.

Rota virus transmitted to children through the divergence- mouth

In addition, this virus also spreads through the respiratory tract

People at risk for Rota diarrhea's disease

Risk factors increase the likelihood of acute diarrhea caused by Rotavirus in children:

Balling children are not hygienic.

unsanitary eating: feed children for long -term cooking foods at room temperature, so it is easy to infect the virus, the child's food is polluted before and after processing. .

Children's drinking water is not clean due to long time outside or water contaminated with Rota virus.

Processing and processing tools are infected.

Differential treatment and waste that have been infected improperly also cause disease.

Do not wash your hands after going to the toilet, before processing, before feeding the child.

Prevention of Rota diarrhea's disease

To prevent Rota diarrhea , it is necessary to take the following measures:

hygiene of water sources, eating properly, properly processing food, washing hands after going to the toilet and before processing, feeding children, hygiene of processing utensils And food for children to eat properly, maintain hygiene when breastfeeding: breastfeed completely or no bottle.

Children from 2 months of age should have a backup Rota vaccine

Diagnostic measures for Rota diarrhea's disease

To diagnose acute diarrhea caused by Rotavirus in children, it is necessary to rely on clinical symptoms and subclinical techniques:

Clinical

Children have symptoms of vomiting, prolonged diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain, coughing and runny nose. Children may have a sign of dehydration, metabolic acidosis and hypokalemia.

Subclinical

There are 3 main test groups for diagnosis:

Quick diagnosis detects viruses or antigens: sampling stools in the first week of the disease or sucking duodenal fluid, taking serum and using electronic microscopic techniques, fluorescent immunity continue, immunity, Elisa ...

Diagnosis of Rota virus detection: Take stool sampling in the first week of the disease or suck duodenal fluid, take serum and use PCR technique to perform tests. P>

Diagnosis of hematology: Take venous blood and take serum for testing.

Rota diarrhea's disease treatments

Rota diarrhea treatment by: Preventing dehydrated complications

Peruals or intravenous fluids: Give children more water than normal or use Oresol as instructed by a doctor.

Can be treated with antipyretic drugs.

Fully feed the children with nutrients suitable for age

Absolutely do not use diarrhea for children because it will reduce the peristalsis of intestinal paralysis as stagnation.

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