The main difference between gastrointestinal cold and gastroenteritis

The difference between gastrointestinal cold and gastroenteritis lies in: different causes, different symptoms, different routes of transmission, as follows:

1, different

causes of gastrointestinal cold is considered adenovirus, rhinovirus, coxsackie virus infection caused by upper respiratory tract. Gastroenteritis in addition to viral infection, but also with bacterial infection, fungal infection, parasite infection, alcoholism, food allergies and other factors.

2, different symptoms of

gastroenteritis to digestive symptoms, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, belching, nausea, acid reflux, appetite loss. Gastrointestinal cold can also appear respiratory tract infection symptoms, such as nasal congestion, runny nose, etc.

3, different routes of transmission Gastrointestinal

cold is infectious, can be transmitted through respiratory droplets, indirect contact transmission. Non-infectious gastroenteritis is not infectious, some infectious gastroenteritis can be transmitted through the faecal-oral route, person-to-person contact transmission.