Patient's question:
My baby has had diarrhea for three days straight, with three episodes a day, but without any other symptoms.Doctor's answer:
Hello: No symptoms? Diarrhea itself is a symptom!(1) Dietary Therapy
Appropriate nutritional support during diarrhea is crucial for promoting recovery, reducing weight loss and growth stagnation, shortening the recovery time after diarrhea, and preventing malnutrition. After diarrhea stops, continue providing nutrient-rich diets with one additional meal per day for two weeks to catch up on normal growth. Children with malnutrition or those in the recovery phase of chronic diarrhea may require a longer duration until malnutrition is resolved.
(2) Care
For infectious diarrhea, attention should be paid to disinfection and isolation. Monitor vomiting, bowel movements, and urination. Administer water or saline solutions for oral rehydration at scheduled times and control the rate of intravenous fluid infusion. Strengthen eye care to prevent aspiration from vomiting. Turn the patient frequently to prevent secondary pneumonia.
(3) Controlling Infection
Viral gastroenteritis is primarily treated with dietary therapy and supportive care, and antibiotics are not required. Non-invasive bacterial acute gastroenteritis is often self-limiting, and supportive therapy alone may lead to recovery. However, antibiotics are still recommended for newborns, infants, weakened children, and severe cases. Invasive bacterial gastroenteritis generally requires antibiotic treatment.
1) Escherichia coli: Gentamicin, pipemidic acid, ofloxacin, furazolidone, certain cephalosporins, cotrimoxazole, berberine, ampicillin, etc.
2) Campylobacter fetus: Erythromycin, gentamicin, chloramphenicol, furazolidone, ofloxacin.
3) Yersinia enterocolitica: Gentamicin, chloramphenicol, ofloxacin, cotrimoxazole.
4) Salmonella typhimurium: Ampicillin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, cefazolin, cefotetan.
5) Staphylococcus aureus: