Differential diagnosis of watery stool

Acute watery stool diarrhea is one of the common clinical symptoms, mainly caused by viruses or enterotoxin-producing bacteria, mostly rotavirus or toxin-producing bacterial infections, in children, especially in infants and young children under two years of age. Summer diarrhea is usually caused by bacterial infections, mostly mucus stools with fishy odor; autumn diarrhea is mostly caused by rotavirus, with dilute watery or dilute paste stools, but without fishy odor. During diarrhea, you need to fast, drink more sugar and salt water or fruit and vegetable juice, after relief, you can drink some rice soup, lotus root powder, rotten rice porridge and other liquid food. You can also drink some plain yogurt with beneficial bacteria, which can help regulate the gastrointestinal function. Mashing and steaming apples to eat can relieve diarrhea. Watery stool disease is diarrhea that occurs a lot of times. Frequent diarrhea. The stool varies from a lot to thin. There is a lot of water in it and there will be some mucus. The anus will also be uncomfortable after many times of diarrhea, and the stomach will be uncomfortable. This is the time to hydrate and go to the hospital as soon as possible. Watery stool should be treated earlier, as it is more troublesome to treat. Watery stools are one of the symptoms of diarrhea, and they will disappear after recovery from diarrhea. Differential diagnosis of watery stools Watery stools are often caused by a variety of viruses, and they are often watery or pasty, but do not have a fishy odor. Usually, there are many causes of watery stools. Most of them are caused by diseases. Therefore, before treatment, it is important to pay attention to the differential diagnosis of watery stools caused by various diseases in clinical practice. Watery stool caused by gastroenteritis: Gastroenteritis caused by Escherichia coli and other intestinal bacteria, mostly causes diarrhea as watery with mucus and bad odor without pus and blood, with symptoms varying in severity. Gastroenteritis light, generally no fever, to loss of appetite, diarrhea, watery stools as the main performance. The stool varies from 3 to 6 times a day, often yellow or green indigestion-like stool, mostly thin soup-like stool mixed with a small amount of foam, and accompanied by abdominal distension, abdominal pain and nausea. Steatorrhea causes watery stool: It is called pediatric steatorrhea when it occurs in young children, and idiopathic steatorrhea when it occurs in adults. The patient is emaciated, malnourished, has watery stools, diarrhea, and fatty stools. The villi and microvilli of the jejunal epithelium are significantly atrophied and the mucosal surface is flattened. The mucosal lamina propria shows chronic inflammatory changes with lymphocytes, plasma cells and sometimes eosinophilic infiltration. The above intestinal mucosal lesions can be restored if the patient’s diet is free of gluten-based foods.