What is viral diarrhea?

Viral diarrhea generally refers to viral gastroenteritis, a group of acute intestinal infections caused by viral infections in the intestinal tract with vomiting, diarrhea, and watery stools as the main clinical features.
Viral diarrhea clinically in addition to nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and a series of gastrointestinal symptoms, but also accompanied by fever and other symptoms, this disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, the most common of which are rotavirus, norovirus and adenovirus, fall and winter season good morbidity. The disease can be diagnosed by routine blood and stool tests and pathogenetic tests.
During antiviral treatment, patients should also receive symptomatic treatment for diarrhea and vomiting to avoid dehydration and electrolyte disorders, which may exacerbate the disease.
If diarrhea is severe or persists for several days, the patient should be seen by a hospital.