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11 June 2014

Diarrhea in children

Salima Faiza - Diarrheal diseases are often taken lightly, but the fact is included in the Group of five major diseases that most often strikes children. While dehydration due to complications from diarrheal disease, became one of the leading causes of death in children all over the world.

Diarrhea is the change on the level of densities of fecal (stool) due to the moisture content in the stools of normal, so the threshold frequency CHAPTERS more frequently (more than three times a day). According to medical science, diarrhea is divided into two groups, namely, acute diarrhea and chronic diarrhea.

Diarrhea in children


Diarrhea is most often about children is a type of acute diarrhea. The symptoms are increasing the frequency of chapter with liquid shit but not bloody. Not rarely, diarrhea is accompanied by abdominal pain, vomiting, decreased appetite, fever and possibly blisters or redness on the anus.

In General, the diarrhea can be caused by several things, i.e. infections, food allergies, impaired absorption of food, food poisoning or as one of the symptoms of the disease that causes the body's immune system disorders (a symptom of chronic diarrhea).

Rotavirus infection is the leading cause of diarrhea, in addition, bacteria and parasites can also be the cause, it is of course closely related to the hygiene is not maintained.

Lack of treatment can cause diarrheal disease in children exposed to dehydration, brought on by the loss of moisture and electrolytes in the body. Dehydration is ignored can be fatal. Other complications that could occur is hypoglycemia (low sugar levels in the blood) and impaired nutrition due to disorders of the digestive system.

If the child was hit by diarrhea, give liquids in an amount more than usual, children do not get faster and try to keep children fed with smaller portions, several times a day, to prevent child malnutrition. After recovering, give eating one serving more children every day, for at least a week to balance back its nutrition value.

Prevent diarrhea with teaching hygiene, IE diligently washes your hands before and after eating. Not only children, parents are also obliged to maintain proper hygiene, such as washing the milk bottle with a good child, wash your hands before and after preparing food for the family, store your food in a clean, wash cooking utensils and food until completely clean. Your child's drinking water also needs to be considered clean, to make it more secure, the water should be boiled or bottled water in use.

Rotavirus vaccination is a form of primary prevention. The Antibodies generated by this vaccine can help prevent and ease the level of severity of the diarrhea.

To prevent the danger of dehydration, but should be immediately administered drugs,the child must also be given, for example nutritional support probiotics and zinc, which can help reduce the level of severity of the diarrhea and old, also prevents diarrhea recurred in the near future.

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