Rotavirus gastroenteritis is a viral disease that occurs in acute form. Most often children are exposed to it. The peak incidence occurs in the period from January to March. This is due to the fact that the virus feels especially well at low temperatures. Sometimes in the cold summer days, this ailment can also overtake. Before you understand how to treat a rotavirus infection, you should find out what are its symptoms.
Symptoms of the disease
The causative agent of the disease propagates mainly in the digestive tract. Usually this disease is accompanied by fever, vomiting. The latter can be practically non-stop and even make it difficult
breath. In the event that the attack of these viruses has undergone babies, then abundant regurgitation may appear. Older children begin to talk about abdominal pain. Symptoms of general intoxication are manifested in lethargy, weakness, and lack of appetite. Due to damage to the intestinal mucosa, the stool becomes plentiful and watery. Before deciding how to treat a rotavirus infection, it should be remembered that it develops in the walls of the intestine, where the cells have villi, which help digestion. The virus exfoliates villi from cells, which leads to polyenzyme deficiency. Accordingly, the process of digesting milk sugar is disrupted due to a decrease in the number of units of lactase. That is why infants are more severely affected by the disease, as the body begins to reject maternal milk.
How to treat rotavirus infection
Unfortunately, there is no specific treatment. Therefore, the task number one is to restore the water-salt balance. And also try to prevent the attachment of a bacterial infection. Despite vomiting, you need to give the patient a lot to drink, even if the disease happened to a baby who resists. In any case, using improvised means (spoons, pipettes, syringe), it is necessary to pour water into the child.
Means "Regidron" contains the necessary minerals, vitamins, which are necessary to protect the body from dehydration, which can cause rotavirus infection. Treatment in adults with this drug should be carried out by diluting one sachet per liter of water. Children need to dilute a quarter of this dose per bottle.
The use of sorbents can alleviate the situation, since they absorb toxins, which are the case with any infection and part of the "seething fluid" formed in the digestive tract against the background of the disease. In adults, the approach to treatment is slightly wider. This is due to the fact that they are prescribed antiviral drugs, for example, Viferon, Cycloferon, Interferon, which help to more quickly cope with the disease caused by rotavirus infection.
What can not be treated for this disease
Do not give the patient enzymes ("Festal", "Creon" and others). They can lead to increased diarrhea caused by a
viral infection. Doctors say that under no circumstances should you give potassium permanganate to drink inside, since vomiting and diarrhea stop for several hours. Due to diarrhea and vomiting, the body is freed from pathogenic bacteria, viruses, toxic substances formed as a result of the disease. Therefore, their "delay" inside the body leads to the absorption of poisons into the blood and, as a result, the patient's condition worsens sharply. Taking drugs consisting of beneficial bacteria (Linex, Hilak-forte ...) at the first stage of the disease is also a meaningless activity.
Of course, you should not decide for yourself how to treat rotavirus infection. If signs of the disease are detected, you should immediately call an ambulance. Doctors will examine the patient’s condition and, if necessary, place him in a hospital.