How to deal with acute gastroenteritis in three-year-old children

Children's stomachs are very fragile. If mothers do not pay attention to their children in daily life, it is easy to cause gastroenteritis in children this summer. Especially in the summer when it is too hot, using fans or air conditioners, plus eating some cold drinks may cause acute gastroenteritis in 3-year-old children. In the following article, the editor will introduce such diseases that make mothers very anxious. How should we pay attention to our children!

Acute gastroenteritis in children is a common digestive tract disease. Infants and young children have relatively poor gastrointestinal function and low resistance to external infections, and are prone to illness at the slightest discomfort.

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 mold 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 or too little; or eating starchy or fatty foods too early and in excess; 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.

Clinical manifestations:

If acute gastroenteritis causes mild diarrhea, the patient is generally in good condition, with less than 10 bowel movements a day, which are yellow or yellow-green in color, with a small amount of mucus or white soap blocks, and not much feces. Sometimes the stool is "egg drop soup-like". Acute gastroenteritis can also cause severe diarrhea, with bowel movements several to dozens of times a day. Large amounts of watery stools, small amounts of mucus, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, and sometimes vomiting of coffee-like substances. If hypokalemia occurs, there may be abdominal distension and symptoms of systemic poisoning; such as irregular low or high fever, irritability and then lack of energy, confusion, and even coma.

In the article, we learned about acute gastroenteritis in three-year-old children. This disease is mostly caused by intestinal bacterial infection. Generally speaking, it may cause vomiting, and the child will have a loss of appetite, and even coma in severe cases, so mothers must give their children more prevention and treatment.