Pediatric enteritis, or infectious diarrhea, is mostly caused by pathogenic microorganisms that enter the digestive tract with contaminated food or water, and can also be spread by contaminated daily necessities, hands, toys, or carriers. Regardless of the pathogen, enteritis has gastrointestinal symptoms, including an increase in the number of stools, several to dozens of times a day, mostly yellow watery or egg-yolk-like stools, some children may contain a small amount of mucus, a few children can see a small amount of blood stool. Appetite is low, often vomiting, and in severe cases may vomit coffee-colored liquid. In addition to severe gastrointestinal symptoms, severe diarrhea often has more obvious symptoms of dehydration, electrolyte disturbance and systemic toxicity.
The treatment of pediatric enteritis is based on the principles of diet adjustment, prevention and correction of dehydration, rational use of medication and prevention of complications. If the enteritis is caused by viral or non-bacterial infection, antibiotics are generally not needed; if the enteritis is caused by bacterial infection, antibacterial drugs are selected empirically for the pathogen, and then adjusted according to the results of stool culture and drug sensitivity tests. At the same time, intestinal probiotics can be given to help restore the ecological balance of the normal intestinal flora. For acute diarrhea, attention should be paid to maintaining water and electrolyte balance and anti-infection; for prolonged and chronic diarrhea, attention should be paid to intestinal flora imbalance and diet therapy. Chinese medicine treatment can be applied to different causes and can be combined with external treatment methods such as navel application and massage, which are effective.