Saturday, March 10, 2012

Danger of dysentery in Toddlers

When the little one looks weak with alternating bowel movements accompanied by high body temperature and pain to remove dirt and feces each dibarengin blood and mucus, if yes then this is a symptom of dysentery. According dr.Hadjat S. blood and mucus is the main symptom of dysentery.
Dysentery syndrome can be caused by all the microbes, bacteria or parasites. 
It could also be due to lactose intolerance.Dysentery syndrome is generally caused by the shigella bacteria and parasite Entamoeba histolityca, though the germs cause infections that are different but both indicate the presence of faecal
bloody and slimy. 
Dysentery syndrome is one type of acute diarrhea.

Dysentery syndrome can be transmitted through various means and media, this syndrome experienced by many days of a toddler, but rarely hit a child under one year of age because at this age are very strict parental supervision.


Complications of Dysentery
dysentery are common complications due to the risk factors in children who are not breastfed, poor nutritional status or are suffering from measles. Complications originated from the softening of the intestinal wall so that the bacteria
shigella can invade deep into, injuries occurring intestinal wall becomes more severe due to the toxins produced bacterial contamination earlier, thus causing intestinal perforation or rupture of the intestine characterized by bloody stools.

Treatment
Your doctor will prescribe antibiotics according to the clinical picture of diarrhea, laboratory tests needed to determine tanda2 resistance and type dysentery germs. 
But a doctor may prescribe antibiotics for 5-7 days.

Provision of food for people with dysentery should be soft and does not have a sharp taste, and have high protein because it is necessary for the healing process, giving a lot of drinking water is highly recommended to prevent dehydration.

Condition worsens
If the weakened condition of the patient, continuous sleep, bloating, fever did not go down, diarrhea is more often accompanied by a lot of blood immediately take the child to the hospital may have a complication, in this case the patient needs further handling and intensive care 
in the hospital.

Diarrhea
Diarrhea is a condition where a person suffers from diarrhea, dysentery, watery stool, and sometimes vomiting. 
Diarrhea is also referred to as diarrhea and vomiting (vomiting, diarrhea), vomiting, diarrhea or vomiting to leak, sometimes the patient stools containing blood and mucus, and diarrhea can also cause fluid drained out
through the feces.

If the patient is diarrhea a lot of body fluid loss then this may lead to death especially in infants and children under five years of age.

Causes of diarrhea
The most important causes of diarrhea are:
-Because of inflammatory bowel disease: cholera, dysentery, other bacteria, viruses, etc..
-Because of malnutrition: hunger, lack of egg-white substance from food poisoning
-Because it can not stand certain foods: because the infant / child can not stand drinking milk containing fat or lactose.

The occurrence of diarrhea
Diarrhea can be transmitted through feces containing the germs of diarrhea. 
Well water or ground water that has been contaminated with germs of diarrhea, or food and drink contaminated with germs that have diarrhea, or not washing hands prior to eating / drinking in infants / children, cooking, etc. are actually unwitting hands have been contaminated by an invisible germs of diarrhea by the naked eye.

How to help people with diarrhea
Drink a rehydration salts to prevent the lack of body fluids due to diarrhea, drink rehydration fluids as much as possible the patient wants. 
Give drink / fruit juice like a child, still feed the baby with diarrhea because ation shown to provide protection and security for children.

If diarrhea does not go stop immediately take the child to the nearest hospital for further treatment.

How to prevent diarrhea
-Remove airlah in place and not disembarang place, train the child to urinate dikakus
-Wash hands before eating and after eating.
-Wash your hands before preparing food and make sure your hands are clean when feeding the infant or toddler. 
Make sure the child's eating utensils and drinking clean and not contaminated by any germs.
Always try for a baby-cooking / eating utensils and drinking boiled first.
-Drink and eat cooked food. 
Avoid giving food half cooked / half-baked in children.
-Make sure the water is boiling completely cooked.
-Give milk as long as possible to the child, as well as other feeding.
Baby-bottle-fed more susceptible to diarrhea than breastfed babies.
Still nursing a child-even though the child had diarrhea.
-Make sure your hands stay clean sipengasuh when caring for children or provide food and drink to children.
-Take care of personal hygiene and cleanliness of neighborhood