What to do if a child has gastroenteritis and vomits? Treatment of the cause is the most important

Gastroenteritis in children is a very common digestive tract disease. Children's gastrointestinal function is very weak, their digestive ability is poor, and their resistance is very low. If they do not pay attention to their diet, they are likely to get gastroenteritis. To treat gastroenteritis in children, we must first find the cause.

1. The treatment of pediatric gastroenteritis is mainly etiological treatment and symptomatic treatment, that is, what causes acute gastroenteritis, and try to find out and eliminate the root cause in time. Whatever symptoms the child shows, try to eliminate these symptoms that are harmful to the body.

2. If it is caused by indigestion, you can adjust your diet and take lactase, yeast tablets, etc.; if it is caused by other diseases in the body, you can choose antibiotics and use them under the guidance of a doctor; if it is caused by other diseases in the body, actively treat the disease; if it is caused by unreasonable use of antibiotics, you need to consult a doctor to rationalize the use of antibiotics.

3. If a child loses too much water due to vomiting or diarrhea, he/she should be replenished with water and electrolytes in time. If the child has a high fever, use physical or drug cooling methods to reduce the temperature. If there is potassium deficiency, potassium should be supplemented, and if there is calcium deficiency, calcium should be supplemented. If there is metabolic acidosis or shock, the child should be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in time.

4. Causes

① Intestinal infections are caused by bacteria and viruses, especially pathogenic Escherichia coli, which is the main pathogenic bacteria. If a child is sick and antibiotics are used in large quantities and irrationally, it may cause fungi to invade the gastrointestinal tract.

② Diseases other than the gastrointestinal tract, such as inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, pneumonia, nephritis, otitis media, etc., can reduce the secretion of digestive enzymes and increase intestinal motility due to fever and absorption of bacterial toxins.

③Improper feeding of infants and young children, letting them eat too much, too little, or too early, eating too much starch or fat; sudden changes in food, sudden weaning, etc., can all cause diarrhea in children.

④ Climate changes, such as excessive cold increasing intestinal motility and excessive heat reducing the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes, can also induce acute gastroenteritis.