Autumn is the high season for diarrhea in children. Recently, the Maternal and Child Health Center of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other units jointly issued the "Healthy Children Action-Diarrhea Prevention and Treatment Improvement Plan" initiative to improve the awareness and attention of children's diarrhea in the whole society.
According to statistics, the average annual incidence rate of children under 5 years old in my country reaches 1.9 times per person. Acute infectious diarrhea disease among diarrhea diseases, pathogens mainly include viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. They are characterized by high incidence and widespread prevalence, and are seriously endangering children's health. Among them, viral diarrhea accounts for the highest proportion, and among the confirmed cases of viral diarrhea, rotavirus diarrhea accounts for the highest proportion.
Li Zailing, deputy leader of the Pediatrics Group of the Chinese Medical Association’s Digestive Medicine Association: Rotavirus gastroenteritis often occurs in autumn, so it is commonly known as "Autumn diarrhea". First, it is prone to high incidence from early October to early March of the following year; second, the prone to high incidence is generally infants and young children under two years old; third, it has certain self-limiting properties. Although the onset is urgent, the incubation period is generally 3 days, the virus can be excreted from the body in about 7 days. The main transmission route is fecal oral transmission, that is, the infection is caused when exposed to things, items, etc. used by the patient; the other route is transmission through droplets in the air.
Typical symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting, fever, etc. Please seek medical treatment in time
Medical staff particularly emphasize that "autumn diarrhea" is mainly clinical manifestations of diarrhea, vomiting, fever, etc. Once such symptoms occur, seek medical treatment in time.
Li Zailing, deputy leader of the Pediatrics Group of the Chinese Medical Association’s Digestive Disease Association: It is mainly divided into two major clinical symptoms, one is the clinical symptoms of the digestive tract, manifested as vomiting and diarrhea. Generally, children will vomit first, and diarrhea will immediately occur after one or two days of vomiting. The symptoms of the digestive tract are often severe, and vomiting and diarrhea are often frequent. In addition, vomiting and diarrhea can cause water loss in the body, resulting in dehydration, acidosis, electrolyte disorders, etc. If a child becomes ill in autumn, is under two years old and has frequent bowel movements, and is accompanied by symptoms such as vomiting, even fever, runny nose, and cough, you must go to the hospital for treatment.
Source: CCTV Finance
