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China - Guangdong - Guangzhou: number of hospital visits jumped for diarrhea

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Diarrhea number of visits jumped baby bottle cold diarrhea, do not rush to hang

November 20, 2013 08:28:18 Source: People

Recently the number of hospital visits jumped Diarrhea Diarrhea replenishment preferred oral rehydration salts

Guangzhou city has a hospital transfusion numbers up to thousands of visitors per day, of which a large proportion are children of parents asked to give diarrhea infusion replenishment. Doctors advise, mild dehydration due to diarrhea, baby, do not be too dependent on hanging bottle , through oral rehydration salts, etc. replenishment.
WASHINGTON (Reporter Ren Shanshan correspondent Peng Fuxiang, Chien Wen Yang) Recently, cold at first glance it is too much hot weather. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the many hospitals in Guangzhou, nearly two weeks since the hospital emergency department visits increase the amount of one to three percent, including gastrointestinal flu, acute gastroenteritis, Autumn Diarrhea majority.

In the Sixth Affiliated Hospital emergency pediatric rotavirus diarrhea (commonly known as "Diarrhea") Total number of patients is four times the usual amount of treatment. In the First Affiliated Hospital emergency room than usual amount of daily visits increased by 100 people, in addition to fever, intestinal diseases, suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the emergence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accident, there are many elderly patient.

Children encounter after a cold diarrhea, or fever for several days to subside and some parents will take the initiative to ask the doctor the use of antibiotics. According to the Zhongshan Hospital emergency department director Zhan Hong introduction, most of the gastrointestinal flu, gastroenteritis, infantile autumn diarrhea is caused by a virus, some gastroenteritis caused by bacteria. "For acute diarrhea caused by a virus, antibiotics will not help, hang bottle water is not the only choice. "Chan Hung said the emergency doctor will usually prescribe antiviral drugs, but more important is to let the patient go home and rest, drink plenty of water.

However, the reporter learned from several hospital emergency department, met doctors discourage infusion, some parents did not understand. Chan Hung said that the medical profession has a principle that "can oral, intramuscular, do not, can intramuscular, intravenous fluids, do not" in order to reduce the risk of invasive therapy.
A considerable number of infants with diarrhea, anxious parents seeking only diarrhea, but forgot to pay promptly to the children, some babies pull on the day, it becomes languorous. He noted that diarrhea most easily overlooked hazard is dehydration.

"Water is not only linked to bottle this road." Chan Hung said that for patients with mild dehydration, do not have pushed the hospital transfusion, you can take more water or oral rehydration salts and other ways to pay. In addition, white rice, rice water, homemade salt water can also ease the effects of dehydration.

Zhongshan six pediatric hospital, according to Dr. Hao Hu introduced, such as infants and young children appear apathetic, crying without tears, no urination, sunken eyes and other symptoms of a serious water shortage, as soon as possible to the hospital transfusion replenishment. Infant diarrhea, diarrhea montmorillonite powder can be used while taking oral rehydration salts prevent water shortages. Oral rehydration salts commonly available in the market that no child specifications, only the adult dosage of 1.5 times against the water to blunt. Frequent diarrhea, the child will be a temporary lactose intolerance, can be changed about a week to eat diarrhea milk, breastfeeding mothers diarrhea in children changed their eating milk during milking time.

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