Causes and symptoms of acute gastroenteritis


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Acute gastroenteritis refers to the acute inflammation of intestinal stomach mucosa, mainly manifested as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, etc., the causes of acute gastroenteritis, there are several items as follows: First, bacterial infection, Salmonella and halophilic bacteria infection is the most common, viral infection can also be seen. Second, physical and chemical factors, such as eating cold, irritating food, or taking certain drugs that are harmful to the stomach, drugs that are harmful to the intestines, or taking strong acids, strong bases, pesticides, etc., can cause acute gastroenteritis. Acute gastroenteritis is mainly caused by the following symptoms: Light diarrhea, diarrhea ten times a day, can be thin water stool, egg flower soup sample stool, severe cases will also show mucus stool, some patients in addition to diarrhea, there are nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, fever and other manifestations, serious cases can show listlessness, irritability, unconsciousness, or even coma.