The common clinical symptoms of gastrointestinal colds are nasal congestion and runny nose, sneezing, loss of appetite, abdominal pain and bloating, diarrhea, peripheral aches and pains, headache, nausea and vomiting, and fever. Patients can be relieved by general treatment, medication and other methods.
1. General treatment: Patients are advised to improve their dietary habits, eat a light diet, and avoid spicy, greasy and stimulating foods. If nausea and vomiting, diarrhea symptoms are more serious, need to pay attention to control the amount of diet, can be supplemented by light saline, in order to avoid dehydration and electrolyte disorders. If the patient has fever, you can use a towel to wipe the body for physical cooling.
2. Medication: If the diarrhea is severe, it is recommended to conduct routine stool and blood tests. If there are leukocytes in the routine, consider the existence of gastrointestinal infection, and need to apply antibiotic treatment, such as ceftazidime. If there are no obvious leukocytes in the routine stool and blood test, viral infection is considered, and antiviral drugs, such as ribavirin, are needed. Appropriate use of montelukast to stop diarrhea. In addition, pseudoephedrine can improve the symptoms of nasal congestion and runny nose.
If the patient’s gastrointestinal cold symptoms are serious, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for diagnosis, after clarifying the cause of the disease, symptomatic treatment, it is recommended that the patient pay attention to rest, avoiding exertion.