Viral bowelitis

Viral bowelitis's disease overview

viral bowelitis is an acute gastrointestinal infection caused by viruses, leading to inflammation, redness, pain in the intestinal area. This disease is quite common today because it spreads through direct contact with patients or use foods or drinks contaminated with pathogens. 

These viruses directly affect the patient's stomach and small intestine. For people with poor immune system, babies, the elderly are susceptible to this disease when exposed to patients with viral bowel infections and may experience many serious complications leading to death. In these patients.

Viral inflammation is different from infection inflammation , it is necessary to distinguish to offer effective treatment for patients. 

  • viral bowelitis is caused by a virus, when this disease is not used to use antibiotics to treat antibiotics, there is no effect on the virus.

    • Infection infections is a disease caused by bacteria, so when treatment, people will use antibiotics.

    Causes of Viral bowelitis's disease

    Causes that can cause viral bowelitis:

  • intestinal virus : This is the leading cause of gastrointestinal inflammation in patients. Some viruses can be mentioned as Rota virus (Rotavirus), Noro virus (Noroviruses), ... leading to health problems such as diarrhea, affecting the patient's stomach lining.
  • Eating, drinking, and processing without careful foods infected with viruses

    • Daily -life water sources are infected with pathogens, not guaranteed safety, especially the water sources of ponds and river water have not been treated.

  • Improper body hygiene: contributing to creating conditions for the virus to have a favorable environment to develop and penetrate the body, especially, the virus is easily spread in young children. Due to hygiene hands are not guaranteed.

    • Symptoms of Viral bowelitis's disease

    Common symptoms when viral bowelitis include:

  • Abdominal or abdominal pain;
    • diarrhea; nausea or vomiting;
  • weight loss;
    • mild fever;
  • muscle or headache.

    • Harter condition:

    For adults with symptoms:

  • Continuous lax stool for 24 hours; stools with blood;
  • Vomiting lasts more than 2 days, vomiting blood;
  • There are signs of dehydration such as continuous thirst, dry mouth, dark yellow urine or very little urine, dizziness or dizziness.
  • Fever above 40 degrees.

    • For children who have the following manifestations:

  • High fever;
  • coma;
  • diarrhea and blood stool;

    • There are signs of dehydration.

  • Vomiting lasts a few hours;
  • There is no wet diapers for six hours;
  • Serious blood or blood or diarrhea;
    • abnormally drowsy.

    If the patient has these symptoms, suspects having viral bowel infections, it is necessary to quickly take the patient to the hospital or medical facility for diagnosis and treatment in time. time. 

    Transmission route of Viral bowelitis's diseaseViral bowelitis

    Disease viral bowelitis is a very fast -spreading disease, the risk of high epidemic and mainly spread through 2 paths:

  • Division-mouth path
  • Hand-to-mouth path

    • People at risk for Viral bowelitis's disease

    Everyone has this pathology. However, the most susceptible object includes:

  • Those who often use contaminated foods and drinks or contact with patients will be at higher risk. 
  • In developed countries, children under 5 years old and teenagers have the highest incidence.
  • In developing countries, mainly children under 2 years old

    • Factors can increase the risk of bowel - stomach inflammation due to:

  • The age of children is the most vulnerable object because the child's immune system is still developing. Elderly people are also very susceptible to infection due to their weakened immunity. In addition, if you have HIV/AIDS or other diseases, you may also be at risk.

    • Place of accommodation: The unclean accommodation is also one of the risk factors for bowel inflammation

    Prevention of Viral bowelitis's disease

    To prevent disease viral bowelitis Patients should seriously implement the following problems:

  • Need to eat cooked, boil, cook foods derived from poultry, just drink sterilized milk, avoid leaving contaminated food after cooking. 
  • Seriously implement the requirements of clean hands, wash hands before eating and after going to the toilet with sterilized soap. 
  • Waste of people and poultry, cattle and pets must be concentrated in isolation areas with the place of living, not only to avoid spreading bacteria causing bowelitis. But there are many other infectious diseases. 

    • Diagnostic measures for Viral bowelitis's disease

    Diagnosis viral bowelitis is mainly based on the signs of dehydration of the patient.

    Viral bowelitis's disease treatments

    Currently, there is no specific measure to Treatment of viral bowel disease , so the main measure is still prevention.

  • Should give patients resting and drinking lots of water. Continuous monitoring of dehydration in patients.
  • Should start with light and easy -to -digest foods such as crispy biscuits, toast, bananas, rice, apples and stop eating if nausea.
  • Avoid drinks such as milk, alcohol, caffeine, solid or fat foods. Most patients will recover without any complications. 
  • If you have diarrhea or can not drink water immediately, so patients with intravenous infusion to supplement water and electrolytes for patients. 
  • cooked, boiling, using clean foods, with clear origin.
  • Patients need to know the rule of washing their hands before eating and after going to the toilet or when exposed to pathogens.

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