What are the typical symptoms of acute gastroenteritis? Acute gastroenteritis is a common acute gastrointestinal disease in summer, characterized by sudden onset and quick recovery, divided into three types: acute gastritis, acute enteritis, and acute gastroenteritis. Acute gastroenteritis shows stomach nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain and discomfort; acute enteritis shows abdominal pain, diarrhea, several times a day or dozens of times, stool is paste or yellow watery, may be with foam and a small amount of mucus. Acute gastroenteritis has the manifestations of both acute gastritis and acute enteritis. Some patients may have fever, general malaise, and allergic symptoms. Recovery is usually within 2 to 5 days. Patients usually have a history of eating suspiciously unclean food before the onset of the disease, and those who eat with them often develop the disease together.
What are the main causes of acute gastroenteritis? The main causative factor of this disease is improper diet.
1, due to unhygienic diet, eating food contaminated by disease-causing bacteria or viruses, or eating toxic food.
2, due to a large number of alcohol or into some drugs, such as sodium salicylate, ammonium chloride, etc., directly stimulate the gastric mucosa or even intestinal mucosa, resulting in acute gastroenteritis.
3, due to hot and cold stimulation, or overeating, so that gastric dysfunction, stomach capacity suddenly increased, the gastrointestinal mucosa is damaged.
How to diagnose and prevent acute gastroenteritis? If you have the above symptoms, you should see a doctor in time. For acute gastroenteritis alone, the diagnosis can be made based on medical history, symptoms, routine stool examination, and if necessary, stool culture and other tests. Acute gastroenteritis should be treated in a timely manner, especially for the very sick and old and frail, which can easily induce other serious complications such as coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular. Acute gastroenteritis treatment: (1) General treatment: try to rest in bed and fast for a short period of time as appropriate to help the stomach rest and heal from the injury. Then ingest light liquid food, such as rice soup, almond tea, clear soup, light tea water, lotus root powder, thin noodle soup, etc. Salty food should be the mainstay, and after the condition is relieved, it can be gradually transitioned to less residue semi-liquid food, and minimize the use of gas-producing and fatty food, such as milk, soy milk, sucrose, etc. Drink more water, preferably sugar-salted water, to replenish lost water. To prevent dehydration or treat minor dehydration. Forbid the use of raw, cold and stimulating foods, such as vinegar, chili, onion, ginger and garlic, pepper, etc. Also do not use excitatory foods such as strong tea, coffee, cocoa, etc. Cook with lightness and use less fat or other seasonings.
(2) Symptomatic treatment: available belladonna tablets, atropine, 654-2 and other drugs to relieve pain, if vomiting persists or obvious dehydration, should be promptly sent to the hospital intravenous fluid treatment.
(3) If accompanied by diarrhea and fever, antibacterial drugs such as flavopiridol and haloperidol can be applied appropriately. The main prevention of acute gastroenteritis is to pay attention to food and water hygiene, not to drink raw water and not to eat unclean food.