Today, among many human diseases, intestinal flu is widely known. Symptoms, treatment have long been studied by medicine and do not cause difficulties. The intestinal flu got its name precisely because its symptoms are very similar to ordinary flu - sore throat, chills, fever and aches throughout the body.
“What kind of disease is this?” - you ask. Intestinal flu (or, in other words, rotavirus infection) is an infectious disease, at the beginning of this ailment intestinal and respiratory syndromes are combined. Rotaviruses are pathogens that are very resistant to external factors, they are completely insensitive to formalin and acids and are able to maintain their infectious properties for up to two years. Therefore, the treatment of intestinal flu must be approached very seriously.
The most dangerous intestinal flu for the elderly and young children. Experts still can not understand whether a person has a stable immunity to the disease, if he has already been ill once. Someone suffers from intestinal flu only once in a lifetime, and someone catches this nuisance every season.
Intestinal flu: symptoms, treatment.
The development of the disease is similar to a common cold and flu: the throat becomes inflamed, the temperature often rises and a runny nose appears. After 12-15 hours, multiple liquid, frothy, foul-smelling stools, abdominal pains, and sometimes vomiting appear - these are traditional symptoms of intestinal flu diagnosis. Treatment should not be postponed until later, because the body is intoxicated due to the disease, and this is very dangerous. Treatment consists in taking activated charcoal and other absorbents and following a strict therapeutic diet. It is also necessary to prevent dehydration - drink as much fluid as possible, tea and even ordinary saline. This is especially true for young children, because for them dehydration as a result of diarrhea is very dangerous. A baby who does not want to drink water from a bottle, drink it from a spoon or syringe. You can also give unsweetened compote or a rosehip decoction.
A person returns to normal in just a couple of days, but he is still a source of infection for other people. Therefore, try not to go anywhere for a while, so as not to infect others, because this type of flu is easily transmitted by airborne droplets and through household items. Sneezing next to someone, you can, without suspecting it, “reward” a person with this disease. You can also get infected through water and dairy food. The carrier of the virus can be an absolutely healthy person who does not even know about it. In general, intestinal flu is also cunning, and the symptoms (treatment), on the contrary, are simple.
Intestinal flu prevention
In order for the disease not to violate your plans and simply not to spoil your mood, follow simple simple rules. For prevention, be sure to wash your hands before eating, and buy products by checking the expiration date. If you doubt the quality of purchased fruits and vegetables, you can soak them for 10 minutes in a solution of acetic acid (3%).
You should not postpone a visit to a specialist if you suspect in yourself or your child the symptoms of such an unpleasant disease as intestinal flu. Symptoms, treatment do not cause any difficulties on the part of medicine, and a qualified doctor, based on a number of questions and examinations, will necessarily recognize and help you in eliminating this “enemy”.
To increase the body's immunity, it is necessary to regularly take vitamin complexes, especially in winter and during the changing seasons.
And then you are definitely not afraid of such an ailment as intestinal flu!