Intestinal infection in a child: 10 rules from Dr. Komarovsky

The signs of an intestinal infection are familiar to everyone, and children are in a special risk group. Dr. Komarovsky reminded how to behave properly if poisoning has already occurred.

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Food poisoning, more precisely, an intestinal infection, requires the right approach, both for children and adults. And in some cases, medical help cannot be dispensed with. So, what should you do if you feel sick, vomit and twist your stomach? One should think about what the child was fed. If what you were fed was bought in a store, then you should show awareness and think about those who may follow in your footsteps. It is not difficult to find out the telephone number of the district sanitary station.✏ Intestinal an infection in any family member is an alarm signal for everyone else. The patient should have separate dishes, everyone else should organize perfect cleanliness, wash hands thoroughly, remove suspicious products, boil the dishes, do not spare disinfectants.✏ Both diarrhea and vomiting are ways of protecting the body. Therefore, in the early hours of an intestinal infection, we should help the body in both directions - drink and vomit, clean the large intestine with the help of an enema. Boiled water is used for the enema, in no case is it warm (the optimal temperature is about 20°С), be sure to ensure that all the injected liquid comes out.✏ This is the main the principle of assistance is the restoration of fluid and salt losses. Means for oral rehydration are ideal for this purpose. If the pharmacy is far away, mineral water, raisin decoctions, tea is possible, better green than black. After all, it is better to drink what is at hand than to drink nothing.

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✏ The temperature of drinks should be approximately equal to body temperature.✏ With constantly recurring vomiting, you need to drink more often, but in small portions, and the use of any antiemetic drugs should always be coordinated with a doctor.✏ There are only two absolutely safe methods of self-treatment of intestinal infections - starvation and copious drinking. Any drugs can lead to the most unexpected consequences, only intestinal sorbents are expedient and shown almost always.✏ Monitor the color of urine: if it is light, there is no fluid deficit.✏ A visit to the doctor is mandatory in case of diarrhea in children of the first year of life and, regardless of age, in the absence of a tendency to improve during the day.✏ RџSЂRё to improve the condition, do not rush to feed the baby all the time. Tea with low-fat cottage cheese, rice and oatmeal porridge - let him suffer and starve for a day or two, it will be healthier.