They can cause vomiting and diarrhoea, so it urges you to be attentive to warning signs to avoid aggravation.
The pediatrician commented that most are outpatient management, that is, they go home with a treatment plan. If it is thought to be a virus, wait and follow up. If they are dehydrated, they return to the hospital to provide oral rehydration serum or to hospitalize them, depending on the patient’s condition.
He explained that rotavirus is one of the viruses that most frequently causes diarrhea. He added that, although there are vaccines included in the national immunization plan, there are always children who suffer from it and there are also enteroviruses that can cause this condition.
He affirmed that there are also bacteria that cause even more serious infections, that have special diarrhea characteristics, like when the baby’s tail hurts, like it wants to have bowel movements and can’t, but then they do. In such cases he stated that they require to be medicated with antibiotics for recovery. Escherichia coli, shigella and salmonella are the most frequent germs, which generally do not cause much vomiting, but viral gastroenteritis does.
“The problem with vomiting is that many times, despite having specific medications for treatment, many times it cannot be stopped, then this causes dehydration of the child, because he cannot feed himself and therefore leads to hospitalization for a hydration with serum”, he expressed.
He recalled that acute diarrhea until a decade ago was the main cause of mortality in children, but that was changing, improving. Then the respiratory conditions were gaining ground, because it is more difficult to control the contagion, the doctor said.
“The washing of hands strongly implemented decades ago to stop an outbreak of cholera, also contributed to the population becoming aware of the importance of cleanliness. This is how diarrhea became the second or third cause of mortality, as well as the use of a mask and hand washing, which are avoiding many gastrointestinal and respiratory problems, ”he explained.
warning signs
Prof. Dr. Hassel Jimmy Jiménez, urged parents to pay special attention to children affected by germs, who do not feel like eating, who have reluctance, high fever. Likewise, those who cannot recover from the fever immediately, despite the administration of fever-reducing drugs, in a state of prostration. Given these warning signs, he says that you should go to the doctor and avoid complications that can bring dehydration as well as a generalized infection.
The entrance Caution: Gastrointestinal Diseases Abound was first published in diary TODAY.
