Children with acute gastroenteritis proper replenishment
Summer approaching, every summer, apart from respiratory infection, acute gastroenteritis in the case of the most common pathogens, including salmonella, or adenovirus, enterovirus, etc., became very sick patients will appear, abdominal pain, fever and other symptoms, there may even be worse spastic abdominal pain, fever chills, anorexia, fatigue and so on. In general, the treatment of acute gastroenteritis takes about 3-7 days, in addition to medication, fasting 12-24 hours, the patients with non-stop since the pull may be dehydrated, and therefore see Gastroenterology doctor will usually the proposed half-day or day of fasting, and add lots of water.
”Added water” is not equal to “recharge”
Doctors, however, also warns that additional water is not just drinking water, it is best to drink with the appropriate salt, and moisture of the electrolyte solution, I am afraid that if the hard drinking water will lead to lack of body electrolytes, triggering the phenomenon cramps. It is noteworthy that the child became very sick apart from the loss of moisture, but also the loss of electrolytes, it is best to add pharmacies to sell the “rehydration salts,” blunt, rather than pure boiled water. Some parents just blindly letting their children drinking water result, they are diluted out the body’s electrolytes, causing cramps and other “water intoxication.” Sports drinks on the market although there are salt, but the drinks are also high in sugar will give children diarrhea continued diarrhea. As for the “rehydration salts,” which have the right amount of sugar and salt, became very sick can complement the loss of moisture, salt, high sugar content also will not result in sustained diarrhea.
What is “ORS”?
Rehydration salts referred to as ORS, bag containing 1.75 grams of sodium chloride, anhydrous 11 grams of glucose; sachet containing 0.75 grams potassium chloride, sodium bicarbonate 1.25 grams, add 500 ml (about 2 cups) warm water stand-by. Plasma osmotic pressure close to such a solution is conducive to the absorption of sodium, while the sugar concentration set at 2-3% is appropriate, too high concentration can cause osmotic diarrhea.
How to feed children taking “ORS”?
The use of oral ORS solution, the newborn should be coupled with a two ORS water, age, such as “two-year-old daily oral administration of ORS solution 500ml; aged 2-10 years old, a daily oral administration of ORS solution 1000ml; age” 10 years of age, ORS how much fluid to drink how much ORS solution should be provided daily 2000ml. Should repeatedly fed a small amount of clothing, two children under the age of 1-2 minutes per feeding is about 5ml (1 teaspoon); bigger children can drink the cup directly. If the children with vomiting, stopped for 10 minutes and then slowly fed to the children served (feeding a spoonful every 2-3 minutes).
How to home-made rehydration salts?
When necessary, parents can also be made following the liquid instead of ORS solution:
1) rice soup with salt solution: the preparation method: Soup 500ml + thin salt 1.75g (about half the beer, flat caps); or fried rice flour 25g (about two full porcelain spoon) + thin salt 500ml boiling water, 1.75 grams + 2 — 3 minutes. Prevention of dehydration: the first to 20-40ml/kg, a small amount of repeated oral administration, 4 hours Oral finished, at any time after oral, how much to drink much.
2) The Soup: Singapore study highlight the efficacy of low-energy reduction of intestinal secretion of osmotic pressure.
3) Simple Sugar Salt: Preparation Method: boiled water 500ml (1 kg bottles installed) + sugar 10g (2 tsp) + Xiyan 1.75 grams (about a half of flat beer bottle). In fact the equivalent of dilute brine.
In addition, in patients with acute gastroenteritis, loss of appetite during recovery can eat light, easy to digest food. Children to eat gruel, pasta, soda crackers, apples, bananas and so on. For children under one year of age in order to milk-based infant formula baby food can be washed dilute some milk, or switch to a special formula without lactose, milk powder until the symptoms improve and then transferred back to the original concentration.
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