Treatment of rotavirus infections in children folk remedies, drugs: the scheme at home. Symptoms are transmitted, the incubation period

Treatment of rotavirus infections in children as in adults has a distinctive character. Disease and is caused by the ingestion of pathogenic bacteria, but to destroy them welcome not need antibiotics. It is important to prevent severe loss of body fluids and intoxication. The child's body is more susceptible to disease because the immune system is still underdeveloped.

The causes of the disease

The cause of the infection is the colonization of infection that destroys cells in the small intestine. The body produces in response to the new, but they in turn still can not function normally, so diarrhea is shown. Also, the infection prevents the absorption of fluid in the body, which only aggravates the dehydration process.

Infection rotovrisusnoy infection most often occurs by contact from an already sick person.

Can be infected:

• when communicating or when the patient sneezes, coughs;
• the infection can be placed on household objects or transmitted by shaking hands;
• unboiled water and milk can also be a source of infection.

A greater percentage of rotavirus disease is marked from autumn to spring. By age parameters, most commonly occurs in children up to school age. Infants and children up to 1.5-2 years suffer illness more severe than children older than 3 years.

The largest outbreak of diseases observed in kindergarten, because at this age, there is a close relationship. When toy exchange, through dirty hands, or simply in the course of conversation, the agent enters the body. The infection is in the feces of the patient, and non-compliance with hygiene measures (hand washing after using the toilet), the agent may be at hand.

Typical symptoms of infection

After contact with an infection in the body, not earlier than 12 hours, the temperature of the patient rises (38,5-39,9), rhinitis appears. This provokes drying throat, cough and sore appears. On the first day all of the symptoms may be indicative of the common cold. Although at cold temperature rarely rises above 38.8 degrees.

The next day, add the following symptoms:

• vomiting. Sick patient regardless of the meal. Can snatch even a sip of plain water. Vomit may budyt is bigger than a child ate meals or used the liquid;
• pain all over the abdomen with strong rumbling. Flatulence. When passing flatus underwear soiled stool;
• diarrhea. It may disturb after each meal or drink fluids. Characterized by a sharp, unpleasant smell. Fecal become liquid, but not the content of the mucus and other abnormal discharge. Have a yellow or yellow-green color.

Despite the high thirst, fluid in the body is not delayed, and leaves the body with vomit or diarrhea. The temperature of the patient is difficult to bring down, as orally taken drugs go along with vomiting and candles go along with loose stools. High temperatures can cause seizures.

Features of the disease in infants

Treatment of rotavirus infections in children up to one year depending on the disease and whether the child is breastfed or bottle-fed. Since the mild form of the disease, the baby will be sufficient to obtain the necessary antibodies in breast milk. Drug treatment may not be necessary.

Rotavirus infection in infants can occur in 3 forms:

1. A mild form of the disease. Due to the low temperature to 37.5 degrees child feels slight discomfort and become fractious. In addition, there are the symptoms:

• runny nose with a small discharge from the nose;
• appetite loss;
• vomiting may be a single dose per day for the disease is not more than 3 times. Observed in the first days of illness;
• loose stools with a yellow tint and foam without slime and other impurities. The frequency can be up to 6 times per day.

Other symptoms (intoxication, dehydration) do not appear or are poorly expressed. Disease after infection until complete recovery, no lasting more than 5 days.

2. The average form of the disease. The temperature varies between 37,6-38,8 degrees, so baby becomes sluggish, hindered reaction. The child, due to poor appetite, begins to lose weight. Vomiting can be up to 4-5 times a day, no more than 3 days.

Loose stools up to 13 times per day, usually from the 4th day of the diarrhea stops. Says the average degree of dehydration. Reduced amount of urine per day, the lips become red and chapped, dry mucous membrane of the mouth more. When weeping stands little tears. Recovery occurs on the eighth day.

3. A severe form of the disease. Baby is the most dangerous and untimely treatment can be fatal due to severe dehydration and intoxication. Temperature is already at exorbitant marks for the kid 38,9-41 degrees.

The child sleeps almost all the time. When waking is simply without unnecessary movements. May cause seizures and loss of consciousness. There is a complete refusal to eat and even drink.

Nausea and vomiting appear after each meal. There is a strong dehydration. Urine can completely abyss, as well as at the cry of the baby is not crying. Not closed fontanelle strongly falls. Complete recovery is possible on the 10th day.

The probability of infection of children up to 3 months low. Since maternal antibodies protect grudnichka yet, even if it is fed artificially. With 4 months to 12, the baby suffers illness in moderate or severe form. It is important to avoid severe poisoning and dehydration in a child.

Signs of a child of pre-school and primary school age

Toddlers aged from one year to 3 years carry a disease worse than children from 4 to 7 years, as has already spent all antibodies derived from his mother, and his yet. Parents are important to be able to distinguish between rotavirus infection from colds and intestinal infections.

When the disease in children temperature is from 37,5-40 degrees.

Symptoms are pronounced from the first day:

• stools with the presence of foam. Can have an acidic or a sharp unpleasant odor;
• vomiting, even without food intake. Even water is not retained in the body;
• due to diarrhea abdominal cramps occur, the child complains of pain in the abdomen and rumbling (if the baby is not talking, it shows on his stomach and trying to sit down during the pain);
• nose incorporated, are liquid mucus from the nasal passages. Frequent sneezing;
• due to the high temperatures and nasal congestion, dry cough appears, turn red throat and tonsils.

Kids from one year to 3 years to recover eighth day. Preschoolers can recover already in the fifth day after infection. In the period of the disease the patient also complains of a headache, and general weakness, caused by an increase in temperature. When the disease is important to prevent severe dehydration of the body, for kids small amount of water is more dangerous than adult.

How infection occurs and how much is the incubation period?

Infection is inherent in children's age, as children still do not have a strong immune system, and are not always complied with the rules of hygiene. The microbe can get to the items on the patient, sneezing, coughing, and survive up to a month. In water, the infection can be stored in 2 times longer.

You can become infected by 3 ways:

1. When communicating with the patient. Infection into the air during a conversation or mucus secretions from the oral / nasal cavity (sneezing, coughing). From the air the pathogen into the respiratory tract healthy person. It can be passed on and kiss. Further, the pathogen penetrates the intestine and begins to actively proliferate.
2. Through household items. The infection gets to the surrounding objects, with their arms, and hand-to-mouth (or directly into the mouth as small children, many things are pulling, to taste). The patient can not wash their hands after using the toilet (a pathogen contained in the stool) and infection with the hands and falls on the object or transmitted through contact (handshake). With dirty hands can get and prepared foods a sick person.
3. Boiled water or milk, dirty fruit. The water and food infection can also be reached from a human patient secretions, by airborne droplets. Water pathogen can get there when its use or while swimming in the lake or pool.

Risk of disease is that an adult can hurt rotavirus infection, but the symptoms are absent. The person is contagious and can infect others.

Once in the body disease passes three step incubation period:

• entering into the body;
• assimilation in the body;
• start of reproduction and distribution.

enter the path to the body have been discussed above. Caught in the future carrier of infection, it is necessary to pass the oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract, and settle in the intestine. Rotavirus is exposed to saliva, digestive juices, not all pathogens can reach the intestine.

Those that make it to the breeding grounds, are attacked by the body's immunity. If a person has a good immune system, the disease can not begin to develop.

When they reached the intestine, the agent being developed and begins to actively proliferate, disrupting the body work. Having reached a certain number, the infection extends beyond the body. the first symptoms begin during this period (fever, runny nose, cough).

The time interval may vary from 13 hours to 1 week.

It depends:

• how many viruses got into the body, how quickly they reach the intestine and begin to multiply;
• how well developed immunity in an infected person;
• if re-infection, then a number of antibodies available in stock.

While the patient is in the incubation period, it still has no symptoms, but may have to infect a healthy person. Once the disease is at this stage no signs of treatment can not be started at the earliest stage of the disease until the infection has not spread much.

After the appearance of the first symptoms, similar to the common cold, the next day there are already vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Drugs for treatment at home

Treatment of rotavirus infections in children can be conducted at home, if the disease is in the mild to moderate form. To get rid of the disease specific drugs is not assigned. Antibiotics are not recommended to take. They will not help to heal, but rather further harm the gastrointestinal tract.

Recommended equipment:

• for pain in the abdomen;
• against dehydration;
• for whipping temperature;
• to remove loose stool;
• special diet.

The main thing is not to prevent the development of complications of the disease. The organism itself is able to get rid of the infection. Additional treatments for rare appointed.

Means for pain relief

For the treatment of pain using No-spa (ampoules or tablets) or ribeye (syrup, tablets). Means relieve muscle spasm, thereby reducing pain. The medicine is not recommended without a doctor, only he can determine the correct dosage.

Nospanum taken depending on the patient's age and weight category. Infants 5-7 kg tablet weight 1 is divided into 4 divided doses. It is given in the amplification of pain. Children up to 12 kg can be given already at half a tablet. With a weight of 20 kg can already be given on the whole tablet.

Ribeye, it not only reduces pain but also helps fight retching. Children up to 3 months single dose of 7 mg. Infants under one year dose increased by 2 times. From year to 2 years, the dose will already be up to 25-30 mg. After 2 years, designate an adult dosage is not more than 50-60 mg. The drug is recommended to take no more than 3 times a day until complete recovery.

Preparations for rehydration (eliminating dehydration)

In the treatment of the first step is to try to keep the baby normal fluid and electrolyte balance. Water is essential for the body to fight infection, the normal functioning of the whole body and eliminate toxins. If the fluid is low, the blood thickens and quickly worsen blood supply affected all organs. Possible death of the patient.

To replenish the fluid body fit and ordinary water. But useful is a solution of water (1 L), salt (10 g), sugar (50 g) and soda (5 g). He will fill the loss of water and essential substances.

Good help with dehydration compote of berries or dried fruit (especially recommended to drink from raisins). You can use a decoction of chamomile and rosehip. For the preparation is taken for the first portion of grass and 10 parts water. Boiling beverage is removed from heat and infuse until cool.

You can buy ready-made powders for solutions to the pharmacy:

• rehydron;
• Oral;
• tour.

To the drug is well absorbed, it is necessary to water the patient in small portions. The fresh drink, so it is useful. Infants (under 6 months) may be given to drink through a syringe, a few droplets. Children over (up to 5 years) need to try desoldering a time of 15 ml of the drink.

If you are retching, the volume decreases. The break between the fluid receiving no more than 15 minutes. If the baby can drink quite a bit, the time interval is reduced.

When the child's condition does not improve, the amount of urine is not increased, the eyes also remain dry or receiving liquid immediately goes back to the patient must be put a dropper, it is done as early as hospital. The sooner will be given to drink from dehydration, the less affected the patient's body.

The lower the temperature?

Treatment of rotavirus infection does not always imply the use of fever-reducing medicine. Reduce the temperature in children is recommended when it is above 38 degrees in children younger than 1.5 years. And 39 degrees in children older and adults.

Before this, a normal response to infection in the body. If the temperature is reduced to achieve these marks, the immune system can not cope with the disease and this will slow down the healing process.

The best preparation is considered to paracetamol. It is suitable for all ages, it is only necessary to calculate the correct dose of reception at once (makes it a doctor). Tablets lower temperature and pain.

Very young children can be given:

• Nurofen, it is available in various forms (suppositories, capsules, syrup);
• Ibuprofen is sold in tablets or syrup;
• tsefekon, only in the form of candles.

But all these drugs will help, if they remain in the body. If your child has severe vomiting and diarrhea, the drugs do not help. Then the temperature of churning, you can use rubbing baby plain water at room temperature.

Child need to undress completely and wipe with a damp cloth. Be sure to wipe the whole body for uniform cooling. After wiping dress socks. The patient can not wrap up the blanket. Let the rest open. It is not recommended to add water or an alcohol vinegar. They can cause additional poisoning of the body.

When the baby will vomit and diarrhea, can use drugs to shoot down the temperature, if it is still held high. Antipyretics should be taken according to instructions, as well as the correct dosage can be a pediatrician.

Is it possible to give anti-diarrhea and how to restore the digestive tract?

The patient is required to give medication to fix the chair and for the normalization of the digestive tract as diarrhea increases the loss of body fluids. Both types of preparations it is desirable to take together. In the normal microflora of the digestive tract check medications help fight infection.

To cleanse the body of toxins and secure the chair received the following means of popularity:

• enterosgel;
• smectite;
• loperamide;
• stopdiar.

Depending on disease progression and patient doctor prescribes a drug more suitable for treatment.

You also need a trick:

• Enterol;
• motilliuma;
• normobakta;
• lineksa;
• Hilak forte.

Medications help to restore motility of the digestive tract. Reception continues even after the recovery of up to 1 month. The exact course of treatment appoint a pediatrician.

Dietary food in disease

Treatment of rotavirus infections in children is accompanied by the observance of a strict diet. The main part of which is the correct drinking regime. The patient should as much as possible to use the liquid. Drinking should be warm and in small portions.

What you can and what can not be eaten during rotavirus infection:

Can	must not	Note
Compote of dried fruits and sweet-sour fruit drinks	Hot teas	Permitted drinks can be consumed only in the form of heat
Kashi	Barley and millet	Kashi only cooking water and liquid
Chicken broth	Fatty meats and broths based on it	Brees even chicken should be low-fat, for their cooking meat with the skin removed
Dishes using peppers and spices
Banana	sour apples	No more than 1 piece per day and small portions
Crackers, drying	fresh bread
milk analogues	Milk	Analogues should be with a small amount of lactose
Boiled or baked vegetables and fruits	Fresh vegetables and fruits	Not all fruits and vegetables are allowed, prohibited, even sour boiled

In the early days of the disease the patient may completely give up eating. It is important to ensure that the body receives enough fluids. When the disease starts to decline can be gradually introduced into the diet of porridge and liquid low-fat broth.

Do folk remedies help?

By folk remedies relates wiping with water for removing heat when the drugs are not absorbed. It is important to remember that the temperature reduction is recommended with increasing of 38.5 degrees.

As well as the use of medicinal uses of beverages:

• recommended compote of blueberries. It helps the body, cleansed of toxins, disinfects and reduces inflammation;
• decoction of dill seeds reduces bloating and pain. 300 ml of boiled water is taken and 15 g of seed zaparivat at least 80 min. Water as well as to combat dehydration (small portions and often);
• for removal of heat and need to secure the chair steamed 20 g raspberry leaves in 150-180 ml of boiling water. Drink when cool. It helps and juice of raspberry jam.

Traditional medicine can help mild form of the disease, or already in recovery period. You must not forget the traditional methods of treatment to negotiate with the pediatrician.

quarantined patients

After infection, a person becomes a messenger of rotavirus infection, even if symptoms have not appeared. Upon the occurrence of vomiting and diarrhea, the patient is considered to be most contagious for the entire period of the disease.

After recovery, you need 3 days to comply with the quarantine, as the infection may still be contained in small amounts in saliva and feces. Quarantine patient can last from days 6 to 11, depending on the form of the disease and the patient's immunity.

Personal hygiene

Treatment of rotavirus infections in children, under all conditions, proceeds quickly and without complications. But there are cases when the disease causes heavy damage to the patient's health.

Therefore, it is recommended for the prevention of disease personal hygiene, since most infections occur through contact:

• be sure to monitor the cleanliness of hands. Wash before eating, after going to the store or walk;
• do not use other people's personal items (mug, spoon);
• milk and drinking water after boiling;
• fruits and vegetables are washed thoroughly before eating or cooking;
• do not eat not to familiar places, especially in cheap cafes by the wayside;
• to the extent possible to carry out cleaning in the flat using destroy infection drugs. The toilet and bathroom cleaning should be done more often.

This will prevent the possibility of 100% protection against the disease, because the disease spreads still airborne, but will reduce the risk of disease. Do not give re-develop an infection after recovery.

A vaccine against rotavirus

From there rotavirus vaccine while it is not included in the compulsory medical duty to make it possible in private clinics. The vaccine is administered orally in the form of droplets. From 2 to 3 times, depending on the vaccine.

The first drop is necessary to give the baby up to the 3 months since the first year of life grudnichka the disease is severe. Further, it is already better tolerated by the body. Vaccination protects the baby for several years. If even a child, and infected, the disease will proceed in an easy manner.

Possible complications of the disease

At untimely treatment of rotavirus infection may develop pathologies. Fatal encountered in 3% of cases. Most often the fault of the parents of the baby. When severe dehydration may impair brain function.

Not restored the microflora in the digestive tract threatens the development of dysbiosis and disruption of the digestive tract. Complication can affect the heart and blood vessel condition.

Treatment of rotavirus infections in children is recommended to carry out under the supervision of a pediatrician. If no improvement in home treatment, you must immediately go to the hospital and continue treatment in a hospital with a dropper.

Author: Svetlana Kotlyachkova

Registration of the article: Vladimir the Great

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