Tag: Diarrhea

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Ji Lianmei, a professional pharmacist: Correcting dehydration is the key to diarrhea in autumn.

Autumn diarrhea does not only occur in autumn. Autumn diarrhea is the most common kind of infantile diarrhea, which is caused by rotavirus, so it is also called [rotavirus infection]. Autumn diarrhea is high in infants under 1 year old, and children under 5 years old may suffer from this disease. Adults can also be infected with rotavirus, but basically there are no symptoms, that is to say, adults are often recessive virus disseminators, they do not suffer from the disease, but are easy to infect children. Although autumn diarrhea is called [autumn diarrhea], it does not mean that it only occurs in autumn, and other seasons may also occur [autumn diarrhea]. Symptoms and Characteristics of Diarrhea in Autumn The Read More …

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Pediatrician Cui Yutao: Rotavirus Diarrhea Does Not Need Antibiotics

Editor’s Note: What is rotavirus There is a virus that mainly invades infants and young children. After being invaded by it, infants and young children develop mild upper respiratory tract symptoms in the early stage, which will soon cause vomiting and acute diarrhea, and often dehydration. Because the virus looks like a wheel under an electron microscope, it is called [rotavirus]. Rotavirus can invade people of any age, often affecting children under 6 years old, and children under 1 year old are high-risk groups. The younger the age, the more severe the symptoms. Symptoms are characterized by acute watery stool, so it is especially easy to cause dehydration. In the early stage of rotavirus diarrhea, liquid containing certain electrolytes, such Read More …

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A Life-Saving Technique to Save Millions of Living Beings: Oral Rehydration

Each of us will probably experience diarrhea, However, the progress of medicine has made us no longer have the fear of dying from diarrhea. However, only a few decades ago, the death caused by diarrhea was still a very serious health threat in developing countries. The opportunity to reverse this situation came from the emergence of an unusually simple treatment method-oral rehydration (ORS). However, behind this seemingly simple treatment plan, there are many unknown twists and turns. The beginning of this story begins with a group of young researchers who devoted themselves to finding effective treatments for cholera-like diarrhea more than 50 years ago. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, Due to the massive loss of Read More …

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Baby diarrhea with umbilical patch? Don’t be fooled by the advertisement!

It is going to be the hot summer season again, and the high temperature is unbearable, which is also the high incidence period of baby diarrhea. Many parents came to ask me: [Is it true that umbilicus stickers can treat baby diarrhea? ] Is umbilicus patch really useful? Let’s start with the baby’s navel. Where does the navel lead? The navel doesn’t work anywhere. With the fall-off of the umbilical stump in the newborn period, the umbilical blood vessels that provided nutrition for the fetus were gradually disused and no longer functional. After the wound healed, the navel was also covered by the skin, and the umbilical fossa naturally no longer communicated with the belly or elsewhere. Only a closed Read More …

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What about baby diarrhea?

There are many reasons for baby diarrhea, the most common reason is virus infection. Most of the time, young parents are frightened and at a loss when they see the [menacing] symptoms. In fact, most children with mild diarrhea can continue to eat normally, and breast-feeding can usually continue. If the baby suffers from abdominal distension or excessive intestinal gas production after eating milk, do not stop breast milk at will, and consult a pediatrician to discuss whether temporary changes in eating habits are needed. When symptoms are mild, intravenous infusion is usually not required. How Judges Symptom Severity? You may have to ask, how’s symptoms are mild when the baby pulls up? It’s all very serious. Although I can’t Read More …