Enteritis, encephalitis and pneumonia have certain differences in etiology, concept, clinical manifestations and treatment.
1. Etiology: enteritis can be caused by bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections, such as rotavirus, E. coli, roundworm, etc.; encephalitis is mainly caused by viral infections, among which herpes simplex virus is the most common; pneumonia has more causative factors, mainly pathogenic microorganisms, allergies and physical and chemical factors.
2. Concept: pneumonia is the inflammation of the terminal airways, alveoli and interstitium; encephalitis is the inflammatory lesion caused by pathogen attack on the brain parenchyma; enteritis is the inflammation of the intestinal tract caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.
3. Clinical manifestations: enteritis with abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody stools as the main manifestations; encephalitis with headache, fever, impaired consciousness as the main manifestations; pneumonia with coughing, coughing up sputum, fever, shortness of breath and other symptoms as the main manifestations.
4. Treatment: enteritis with bacterial infection can take ciprofloxacin and other drugs, with severe diarrhea can use montelukast to stop diarrhea, if necessary, need to replenish fluids; encephalitis with viral infection can be used to acyclovir and other drugs anti-infection treatment, patients with high fever need to be physically cooled down; bacterial infections caused by pneumonia need to be used in penicillin and other drugs to treat blood gas analysis suggests that significant hypoxia need oxygen therapy.
When symptoms similar to pneumonia, enteritis, encephalitis occur, it is recommended to go to the hospital.