Every day, we all face billions of bacteria, but most of them are of no danger to the organism, since the mechanisms of protection have been honed by nature for a long time. With them, and fight, and saliva, and gastric juice, and flora of the intestines. However, few people manage to avoid intestinal infections. This is due to the failure to comply with the most basic rules of personal hygiene, and poor-quality products, and even insects. There are bacteria that spread through food, water, air, and the degree of their infectiousness is different. Differs bacteria and a degree of danger to humans: some are capable of killing, others do not make themselves felt for a long time. How to identify intestinal infection, especially when it comes to toddlers?
First signs
The main symptoms of some intestinal infections in children can be determined without analysis. It's about cholera, typhoid and dysentery . But most of the infections need detailed study by medical specialists. Children's intestinal infections are almost always accompanied by symptoms, because when they enter the body, bacteria and viruses multiply actively. This provokes irregularities in the process of digestion, cells of the intestinal mucosa become inflamed. So, the first signs of intestinal infection in children are diarrhea, as well as vomiting, nausea, fever, weakness, lack of appetite. It is worth noting that only diarrhea is a mandatory symptom of both acute intestinal infection, and rotavirus , and colitis. Other signs may not be. However, a child who is a carrier presents a danger to others, so it should be possible to isolate it.
Whatever the symptoms of intestinal infection in newborns, the main danger for the child's body is dehydration. If the baby can live without mother's milk and any other nutrition for several days, a shortage of water with salts of sodium, calcium, potassium in a few hours can lead to irreversible consequences.
First aid
Having found signs of intestinal infection in the baby, parents need to analyze the possible causes. If there are new products in his diet (mixture, porridge on milk, etc.), it is quite possible that they are the cause of infection. In order to avoid contamination of other family members, it is necessary to allocate a separate dish for the baby, things. The house should be disinfected.
If the infants have such a symptom of intestinal infection as vomiting, during the first few hours it should not be stopped. In this way the organism of the crumb gets rid of bacteria. But do not forget to compensate for the lost liquid with water! In addition, it does not hurt and an enema with water temperature of about 20 degrees. All drinks (water, broths of herbs, raisins) used by the child should preferably be heated to body temperature. This will promote a better absorption of fluid by the child's body. If the baby's urine has a light yellow color, then the loss of fluid is negligible. If to generalize, then abundant drink and hunger are the best medicines.
Urgently to the doctor!
If from the moment of appearance of the first signs of intestinal infection the crumbs have passed a day, and you do not observe any obvious improvements, then it is necessary to consult a doctor without delay. But there are a number of symptoms that require urgent treatment in the hospital. These include:
- absence of urination more than six hours;
- pain in the tummy (the child knits and pushes them to the stomach);
- an admixture of blood in the feces of the baby;
- change in skin color, dryness of the tongue;
- cessation of diarrhea with increased vomiting.