What are the symptoms of neonatal epidemic diarrhea?

At present, the frequency of neonatal epidemic diarrhea is very high among newborns. Many newborns will also have typical symptoms such as refusal to eat, vomiting, poisoning and dehydration due to epidemic diarrhea. Therefore, if parents want to understand the manifestations of neonatal epidemic diarrhea, they need to collect more information in their daily lives. So, what are the symptoms of neonatal epidemic diarrhea?

Neonatal epidemic diarrhea is an outbreak of diarrhea caused by infection in a maternity nursery or hospital neonatal ward. Due to the imperfect immune function and environmental factors, newborns are prone to infection. Neonatal epidemic diarrhea often breaks out in neonatal wards and spreads rapidly, sometimes even from one maternity home or hospital to another, causing a large-scale epidemic. Therefore, the spread of pathogens must be strictly prevented and controlled.

symptom:

1. The same as the sporadic infectious diarrhea caused by this pathogen. Since the causes of different epidemics are not necessarily the same, the clinical manifestations are also different and the severity of the disease varies.

2. Mild cases mainly present with general gastrointestinal symptoms, with diarrhea occurring several to 10 times a day, which may be accompanied by low fever, poor feeding, vomiting, slight lethargy, mild abdominal distension, restlessness, etc. Mild dehydration and acidosis may occur.

3. Severe cases may be acute in onset and very serious, or develop from mild cases, with diarrhea more than 10 times a day and severe systemic symptoms, including obvious fever or no temperature rise, refusal to eat, vomiting, abdominal distension, oliguria, drowsiness or restlessness, cold limbs, abnormal skin color, etc. Dehydration, acidosis and electrolyte imbalance may occur in a short period of time.

4. When acidosis occurs in newborns (especially premature babies), typical deep breathing and cherry-red lips are rarely seen. Instead, they often show extreme lethargy, poor response, cyanosis around the mouth and nose, pale or gray complexion, abnormal skin color, cold limbs, etc., which should be taken seriously. When there are complications, symptoms are more severe.

5. Patients with a long course of illness or prolonged illness may experience obvious weight loss, nutritional disorders, feeding difficulties, etc.

The above is an introduction to the clinical symptoms of neonatal epidemic diarrhea. After understanding the content described in the article, parents need to pay attention to the fact that once they find that their newborns have the above-mentioned symptoms similar to epidemic diarrhea, they must remember to take their children to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment immediately.