Commonly used medicines for children with acute gastroenteritis include rehydration salts, antidiarrheal agents, agents for regulating intestinal flora, antibiotics and so on.
1. Rehydration salts: Acute gastroenteritis often causes vomiting and diarrhea, which can easily lead to dehydration and electrolyte disorders, and need to use rehydration salts in time, which generally contain sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium polyammonate and other essential nutrients, which can help to replenish water and electrolytes.
2. Antidiarrheal agents: Since acute gastroenteritis in children often causes severe diarrhea, antidiarrheal agents, such as montelukast, can be taken to help relieve diarrhea symptoms.
3. Preparations to regulate intestinal flora: for example, Bifidobacterium bifidum powder, Bacillus subtilis powder, etc., which can help to regulate intestinal flora and protect the intestines during acute gastroenteritis in children.
4. Antibiotics: Children’s acute gastroenteritis such as bacterial infection generally need oral antibacterial drugs such as cefixime, can help treatment.
Children with acute gastroenteritis should go to the hospital in time, with the doctor to take medication, parents should not give children unauthorized medication. The above drugs should be used in accordance with medical advice.