What are the symptoms of gastrointestinal cold in children

Common symptoms of gastrointestinal colds in children are diarrhea and vomiting. Babies with low immunity are especially susceptible to the disease. Therefore, parents also need to pay attention to the situation and help their babies with treatment and care.

1. Diarrhea

Generally speaking, autumn is a period when gastrointestinal colds are very popular among babies. Once a child develops a gastrointestinal cold, he or she will have diarrhea symptoms. Children with mild symptoms will only have diarrhea a few times a day, but children with more serious conditions may have diarrhea more than a dozen times a day. Therefore, this is a very serious situation for the baby. Parents need to take their babies to the hospital for treatment in time.

2. Vomiting

The main symptom of gastrointestinal cold is diarrhea, but children may also have many other symptoms. Many babies will experience abdominal distension, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, while some babies will have mild cough, runny nose, fever, etc. For babies with gastrointestinal colds, it is important to replenish water and lost electrolytes in time so that the baby's symptoms can be relieved as soon as possible.

3. Take rest

The treatment of gastrointestinal cold mainly focuses on rest. On the one hand, patients should rest more to reduce physical exertion and enhance the body's ability to fight the disease.

On the other hand, the gastrointestinal tract should be given sufficient rest. The purpose of reducing the burden on the stomach and intestines is to restore the digestive function earlier so that the amount of food intake can be increased. On the contrary, it will only increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and eventually turn into chronic gastroenteritis.

4. Food therapy

Under normal circumstances, there is no need to worry about nutritional deficiencies when dieting for about a week. When vomiting is more obvious in the early stages, appropriate intravenous rehydration can be given, and the rest of the treatment is the same as for a cold. You can also learn from the experience of some patients: use hunger therapy appropriately, but replenish more water. It is best to let the patient drink more salt and sugar water, at least 500 ml per day.

In addition, it can also be treated and prevented through food. Ginger is warm in nature, so try to eat it raw and avoid frying it.