Focuses on the prevention of acute gastroenteritis

September 18, 2009 · Posted in Treatment of acute gastritis 

Norovirus is a group of calicivirus is a virus, Norwalk city in the United States in 1968, separated discovered. Norovirus mainly survive in contaminated water sources, likely to cause human infection diarrhea. Since the discovery, in all countries there have been persistent epidemic outbreak of infectious particularly strong, it is easily transmitted.

 Experts point out that norovirus infection caused by diarrhea, easy to schools, kindergartens, factories, and other crowded places of local clusters of infections, in addition, the spring is very susceptible to many types of bacteria caused by acute gastroenteritis. Experts suggest that daily life should pay attention to food hygiene and wash hands regularly disinfect household items, in order to play a good preventive effect.

 Is usually a sudden onset of acute gastroenteritis, the main symptoms are nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Children with vomiting common in adult patients with diarrhea for more than the main symptoms are the following five points.

 (1) the excessive eating or drinking or eating contaminated food spoilage history.

 (2) rapid onset, nausea, vomiting, frequent, severe abdominal pain, frequent diarrhea, mostly watery, may contain undigested food, a small amount of mucus, or blood, etc..

 (3), often fever, headache, general discomfort and varying degrees of symptoms of poisoning.

 (4), vomiting, diarrhea, severe cases, may have dehydration, acidosis, and even shock.

 (5) signs of obvious, abdominal tenderness, and Cullen, non-muscular tension and rebound tenderness, bowel sounds more hyper.

 In addition, headache, fever, chills and muscle pain are also common symptoms, a few severe cases, due to frequent vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration can occur.

 Are most afraid of dehydration in acute gastroenteritis

 Once got acute gastroenteritis, should try to stay in bed, and oral glucose electrolyte solution to complement the loss of body fluids. Experts point out that norovirus gastroenteritis dehydration is a major cause of death, therefore, to prevent dehydration is the most important link. Severe cases, especially children and the infirm should promptly fluids or oral rehydration to correct water and electrolyte disorders and acid-base balance.

 Replenishment should also pay attention, not to indulge in the drinking water. The best drink containing 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. Pharmacies where to buy rehydration salts can also buy back their own blunt.

 Need to be reminded that, after preliminary treatment, acute symptoms of acute gastroenteritis, but does not mean that the digestive tract function has been fully restored to normal, when the diet therapy is very important. Such as acute gastroenteritis occurred after the beginning of the more normal diet, and even eating fatty and spicy food or drink, not restore the function of the gastrointestinal tract would be overwhelmed, there abdominal distention and discomfort, and some even become chronic gastrointestinal diseases, such as chronic gastritis, chronic diarrhea.

 Acute gastroenteritis in general, after 5 to 7 days, according to the different circumstances of each patient, first of all to avoid the invasion of harmful factors: namely, smoking, alcohol, tea, coffee and so on. Eat less spicy and coarse food, do not eat too much, less wear on gastrointestinal irritant of the drugs. Secondly, the diet advocates three meals a day, per meal is not fullness, not in favor of more meals, to avoid increasing the burden on the stomach. Generally more advanced light of the liquid food, semi-liquid, such as rice soup, porridge, fresh fruit juice, gradually increase the number of protein food, but the bogey greasy, fried foods, and should start eating a small amount, and so on gastrointestinal functional recovery only after a normal diet, and pay attention to rest.

 Should pay attention to hygiene to prevent gastroenteritis,

 Prevention of norovirus and other enteric viruses is the best way to disinfect. Because norovirus mainly enter the body through the human digestive tract, contaminated water, food, infected persons vomit, feces, etc. are possible media. Experts pointed out that, in general, as long as attention to personal hygiene, washing hands frequently, refrigerator, raw and cooked food separated, it can effective prevention.

 In December 2006, the Japanese have taken place in a large outbreak of Norwalk-like virus in just a month already infected died, it is estimated a total of 10 million infected persons. Some experts have analyzed the large-scale outbreaks in the Japanese diet of fish hygiene. Therefore, eating raw food, cook the food they eat is also one of the ways of prevention.

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