Rotavirus was discovered in the 70s of the twentieth century. Until that time, the diseases caused by it were diagnosed as dysentery, cholera, intestinal infection. After getting into the body, rotavirus causes similar symptoms: diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite and fever. If not for him, children would have had intestinal infections almost half as often.
Instructions
Step 1
In most cases, in children over the age of five and in adults, rotavirus infection resolves on its own within a few days. The main thing is to drink plenty of water, because the body loses a lot of fluid with vomiting and diarrhea. At the same time, its replenishment is difficult due to the fact that the intestines damaged by rotavirus are not able to absorb water as well as before the disease. Remember that dehydration is the main threat to the health and life of someone with rotavirus infection.
Step 2
Rotavirus develops more rapidly in children under five than in adults. Therefore, at the first sign of an intestinal infection, call your doctor. Babies can develop life-threatening dehydration in as little as four to five hours. Offer your child a drink before the specialist arrives. Buy a rehydration solution from a pharmacy and give it to your baby every 10-15 minutes, one teaspoonful, so as not to induce a new attack of vomiting. If the doctor insists on hospitalization, do not refuse. This means that only drinking plenty of fluids will no longer help the child. At the hospital, he will be given an intravenous solution to replace fluid loss in his body.
Step 3
Keep in mind that antibiotics do not work on rotavirus, and drugs that reduce diarrhea and vomiting should not be given to such patients. Otherwise, the recovery may be delayed for the reason that the waste products of the rotavirus will not be excreted from the body.
