What is the treatment for rotavirus enteritis

Rotavirus is a common cause of enteritis. After enteritis occurs, patients may experience a series of symptoms, including diarrhea. If not treated in time, serious consequences such as dehydration may occur. Therefore, patients and their families must pay attention to the treatment of rotavirus enteritis. Let's talk about the treatment methods below.

①Prevention of dehydration is aimed at patients with mild diarrhea or the initial stage of diarrhea who have no signs of dehydration and can be treated at home.

②Continue eating. Continue breastfeeding. If the child is not breastfed and is under 6 months old, continue feeding with the milk or dairy products that the child consumes daily. If the child is over 6 months old, give him a usual diet, such as porridge, noodles or soft rice, vegetables, fish or minced meat, etc., and give him some fresh fruits or fruits to supplement potassium. These foods should be well cooked, ground or mashed to make them easily digestible.

③If the patient's condition does not improve after 3 days or any of the following symptoms occur, such as increased frequency of diarrhea, inability to eat normally, frequent vomiting, fever, obvious thirst, blood in stool, etc., a doctor should be consulted.

How to use medicine rationally for patients with diarrhea

The abuse of antibiotics in treating diarrhea in my country is quite serious, so the Ministry of Health requires all regions to formulate plans to gradually reduce the proportion of diarrhea patients using antibiotics. About 70% of acute watery stools are caused by viral infections, and a few are caused by enterotoxigenic bacterial infections, so antibiotics should generally not be used. The disease can be cured by using antiviral drugs or traditional Chinese medicine and fluid therapy. The misuse of antibiotics can disrupt the normal intestinal flora and make diarrhea more difficult to cure.

If the stool is mucous, bloody or purulent, or if the stool is watery but the poisoning symptoms are severe and cannot be explained by dehydration, antibiotics can be used for treatment. It is best to use antibiotics in a targeted manner based on etiology and drug sensitivity tests.