Rotavirusny infection

General information about a disease

The Rotavirusny infection (intestinal flu) is one of kinds of acute intestinal infections most of which often strikes children. The greatest number of cases of a rotavirusny infection falls on winter months as the rotavirus perfectly remains at low temperatures. Usually the rotavirusny infection at children aged from 1 year up to 3 years develops. At babies the infection comes to light seldom as they have maternal antibodies interfering penetration of activators.

How it is possible to catch a rotavirusny infection?

The rotavirus is widespread extremely widely and "to catch" it does not make especially work. As a rule, the rotavirusny infection at adults and children is transmitted at non-compliance with rules of personal hygiene, through household objects and the general hygienic accessories, gets to an organism with incorrectly cooked food. Besides, the rotavirusny infection at children can have an effect after the use of dirty water from well sources or open reservoirs. Contagiums perfectly feel at a zero temperature and can be a long time in water, getting then to food.

Symptoms of a rotavirusny infection at children

Symptoms of a rotavirusny infection at children are first shown only by small cold and a pharyngalgia. For this reason it is often taken for ORZ or for flu if at the patient also high temperature is noted. The mistake becomes obvious only at penetration of activators into digestive tract. From this point the rotavirusny infection which symptoms are shown already rather brightly, is determined by characteristic acute symptoms of a disease:

• diarrhea, frequent chair to 20 times a day;
• the vomiting proceeding for 3-4 days;
• high temperature (up to 40 degrees);
• slight cold;
• headache;
• slackness;
• fever.

Begins to tear the child in the first hours of a disease. At the same time abdominal pains are noted seldom. Let's note also that the rotavirusny infection at adults and children can proceed without severe diarrhea. Chair frequency in this case remains normal, but the kcal becomes decoloured.

Usually rotavirusny infection comes to an end in itself. Hospitalization is required only to certain patients at whom the rotavirusny infection proceeds with complications. It is possible to prevent them at early stages if to give to the child plentiful drink, to provide it healthy nutrition and to take care of recovery of water-salt balance. Certainly, at the diagnosis a rotavirusny infection treatment has to be carried out under observation of the doctor. Otherwise, the infection almost harmless first can progress to extremely dangerous disease and cause heavy complications.

Whether it is possible to avoid infection?

Above we already said that the rotavirusny infection is widespread among children very widely. According to some information, the carrier of a virus is every fifth person. Considering it, it is not necessary to speak about full safety of the child. Nevertheless, it is possible to minimize situations which provoke development of a rotavirusny infection in children and adults. If at the kid the rotavirusny infection is shown, symptoms are usually connected or with other postponed diseases, or with non-compliance with personal hygiene. Knowing about it, it is possible to create a complex of the main preventive actions. First of all, the child it is necessary to temper, strengthen his immunity, to provide to the child the healthy, good nutrition, vitamin-rich and microelements. Also it is necessary to care for respect for personal hygiene of children, to accustom them to wash hands before food and not to put dirty objects in a mouth.

Treatment of a rotavirusny infection at children

No specific events concerning patients are held. At the diagnosis the rotavirusny infection treatment consists in stopping of the expressed symptoms. Doctors treat children for a diarrhea and dehydration, undertake measures for decrease in temperature, use fermental drugs (Kreon, Smekta). Besides, the patient with a rotavirusny infection appoints a rigid diet. It is necessary to exclude fermented milk products, fried food, salty and acute products, juice, meat dishes and broths from a standard diet. Preference is given to boiled food, lenten soups, vegetable purees, the dried bread. If the child wants some sweet, then it is possible to give it baked apples with sugar.

As the rotavirusny infection at adults and children breaks water-salt balance, it is necessary to recover it by means of the following recipe: 1 bag of a regidron gets divorced in 1 liter of water. It is necessary to sip medicine on 50 ml each hour. From a diarrhea and the other expressed symptoms folk remedies well help, but before their use surely consult with the doctor for the prevention of possible complications.