Wash your hands before eating can prevent autumn diarrhea in children

From mid-September to November is the high incidence of children's autumn diarrhea. "Children's autumn diarrhea" is mainly caused by rotavirus diarrhea in infants and young children, more common in children before the age of 2 years, malnourished, anemic and infirm infants and young children are more likely to get sick, mainly through respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. Symptoms are usually vomiting and diarrhea. The stool is like a rice soup or egg soup and has a small amount of mucus. In the early stage, accompanied by flu symptoms such as stuffy nose, cough, and runny nose, vomiting occurs in half of the children.

One day diarrhea dozen times three-year-old children "squeaked"

“The child has pulled a dozen times a day and he has no spirit.” Ms. Chen, who lives in Chengmen Town, Cangshan District, rushed to the Second Hospital of the City Hospital with her 3-year-old son yesterday morning. She said that children often have diarrhea this summer. The results of the tests were caused by bacteria such as E. coli. After eating, they were especially careful. But a few days ago, the child began to diarrhea, pulled up a dozen times a day the day before yesterday, all the things that were eaten were spit out, and some fever. After inspection, the child is suffering from rotavirus infection, the "child autumn diarrhea."

One fourth of the sick children suffer from "autumn diarrhea"

"The weather has turned cooler recently and 'children's autumn diarrhea' has begun to show a rising trend." Liao Ronggui, director of pediatrics at the Second Hospital of the city, said that with the cool autumn, the department will visit more than 20 children with "fall diarrhea" every day, accounting for One-fourth of the total number of children. However, compared with the same period of last year, the total number of children with "fall diarrhea" this year has decreased, and the symptoms have also been reduced. On the one hand, parents may have increased awareness of prevention, and on the other hand, they should benefit from the gradual increase of rotavirus vaccines. Promotion.

Anti rotavirus adults and children should wash their hands

Rotavirus is an important cause of diarrhea in the fall. Adults, once exposed to rotavirus, feed the baby in unsanitary conditions, and the virus enters the baby.

Whether adults or children, washing your hands frequently is the key to avoiding rotavirus infection! Before feeding your baby to eat or breastfeed, be sure to wash your hands first. In addition, children's milk bottles, rice bowls need to be disinfected with boiling water every day, and towels, toys, etc. must be promptly disinfected. If parents have conditions, they can go to the epidemic prevention department to inoculate the baby with rotavirus vaccine.