The same symptoms of severe malaise in a small child and in an adult may occur for various reasons. So, for example, diarrhea( liquid stool) and a slight temporary increase in body temperature in the baby, appearing separately from each other - a common phenomenon associated with the process of formation of the gastrointestinal tract. But if they occur simultaneously with vomiting, it is a signal that should make the parents call a doctor. In an adult, acute diarrhea with fever is a sign of various pathologies, which also need to be discussed in this article. Knowing the causes of the ailment, you can provide first aid to a sick person.
In a very young child, diarrhea and high fever along with vomiting can be symptoms of infectious diarrhea. Signs of it are obvious:
- First a strong diarrhea opens.
- Then there is a high temperature, sometimes it rises to the most critical level( 39-40), and it happens swiftly.
- A small child swiftly knees, this is a sign that the tummy is hurting.
- Simultaneously with diarrhea, vomiting occurs.
To delay with the call of a doctor is by no means worthwhile, infectious diarrhea can develop rapidly, the state of health worsens dramatically. Abundant diarrhea and hyperthermia( high temperature) almost always provoke dehydration. And it is dangerous in that it leads to a malfunction of all internal systems. If a discharge of blood is found in the baby's stool, they indicate that the virus was the cause of the intestinal infection. The products of its vital activity are very toxic, that's why the temperature rises, liquid stool and nausea appear, which can go into vomiting.
Treatment of stomach disorders with diarrhea and high temperature should be under the supervision of a doctor, the use of traditional means of treating a child in acute diarrhea and high temperature is unacceptable. First aid to parents before the arrival of an ambulance should be to make up the water-salt balance. With each emptying loses up to one hundred milliliters of fluid, moisture goes away with sweat, as well as vomiting and loose stool, so after every pounce the baby should drink the same volume.
It is important to give the patient drugs with absorbent effect. Breasts are assigned Smecta or Polyphepanum, after a year the child can be given Enterosgel or activated charcoal. To restore the water-salt balance is used Regidron, or any other similar saline solutions. After treatment it is important to try to restore the intestinal microflora. For this purpose, a child is given bifidobacteria and lactobacilli. If diarrhea and high fever are accompanied by bloating and vomiting, you are allowed to give Espumizan to your baby.
During treatment of diarrhea it is important to correct the baby's nutrition. With a toddler who is breastfed, it's easy to do. It is necessary to completely abandon any complementary foods and often apply the baby to the breast. Starting at six months, it is allowed to give jelly, a decoction of rice. If nausea is absent at high temperature and diarrhea, mucous porridges can be given. When a child refuses to eat, it is not necessary to feed him. Lack of food is less dangerous than lack of liquid.
High temperature and diarrhea in an adult
If a child has a loose stool may be the norm, in an adult diarrhea indicates a stomach disorder. And when a high fever is added to such an ailment, several pathologies can be suspected:
- Food poisoning.
- Acute intestinal infection, which is complicated by gastroenteritis.
- Hepatitis.
- Appendicitis.
Each diagnosis is a dangerous disease that can lead to complications, so it is so important to seek medical help on time. Self-medication in this case is unacceptable. And all because it will not allow to eliminate the cause, but only will lubricate the clinical picture, and this will later become an obstacle to an accurate diagnosis. Do not take before the arrival of a doctor antidiarrheal drugs and medications that help to eliminate nausea and vomiting. During diarrhea, along with the liquid stool, the body leaves dangerous toxins, which caused malaise and fever.
When food poisoning before the arrival of a doctor can wash the stomach, it will help to eliminate nausea and vomiting. To reduce the heat, an adult is given Paracetamol. Since the cause of an acute infection most often become viruses, taking antibiotics becomes useless. Their uncontrolled use does not eliminate diarrhea, but only aggravates the situation, since strong drugs destroy the beneficial microflora of the intestine and make the patient's body even more vulnerable.
If diarrhea and fever remain for an adult patient for three days, it is necessary to call a doctor. Wait three days is not necessary, if the diarrhea temperature rises above 38 degrees, if there is constant vomiting. Delay in this case of death is similar, even for a strong adult person.