Acute diarrhea in children

Acute diarrhea in children

     * Introduction
     * Causes
     * Laboratory Examinations
     * Treatment
     * Complications
     * Prevention

Diarrhea is defined as removing too quickly reduced to the consistency of stools. This common disease usually lasts only a few days. Diarrhea that lasts more than two weeks is called acute diarrhea. "


Children younger than three years generally suffer 1-3 episodes of diarrhea per year.

All of diarrheal pathogens are transmitted through fecal-oral route, but is not excluded as possible sources of contaminated water or food and no direct interpersonal contact (especially in nurseries, kindergartens, etc.).



Signs and symptoms



The main symptom of diarrhea is to remove the seats frequent, low and high volume consistency. In general, diarrhea episode lasting three days, but with increased symptoms of acute dehydration syndrome is installed.

Infectious diarrhea can be accompanied by fever, intestinal colic, vomiting, nausea.