Girls who drink mountain spring water are infected with acute gastroenteritis

A 1 year-old girl has frequent diarrhea for two days. Her family found that the girl had a fever, but her mental vitality and appetite were acceptable. Although she didn't vomit, she cried and defecated as soon as she finished eating, and even occasionally found mucus and bloodshot stools. Further medical treatment found that it was caused by mountain spring water! Chen Minghui, a pediatrician at Rongzong Hsinchu Branch who admitted the girl, said that the girl had no raw food or other abnormal conditions, and no one else in the family had diarrhea. Asked about the source of drinking water at home, she found that all the sick children drank the mountain spring water at home. Chen Minghui pointed out that although the mountain spring water was boiled before it was given to girls, the physical examination found that the creeping sound was faster, because there was a history of drinking mountain spring water, which should be caused by common salmonella infection in summer. After stopping drinking mountain spring water and combining antidiarrheal drugs, the girl's symptoms gradually recovered two days later, and stool culture was also diagnosed as salmonella infection. Chen Minghui reminded that the resistance of infants and young children is not as good as that of adults. If the disinfection of mountain spring water is not thorough, as long as a small amount of salmonella is exposed, it may cause acute gastroenteritis. Although most sick children can gradually recover after treatment, a few sick children may cause serious parenteral complications, such as sepsis, intestinal perforation, meningitis or osteomyelitis, which may cause serious sequelae or death, so we must not be careless. Subscribe to the health Aloha audio-visual channel, read health knowledge more easily, and pay attention to your health every day! Line @ ID: @:/supply/article/10935/Girls who drink mountain spring water are infected with acute gastroenteritis Keywords: diarrhea, Rongzong Hsinchu Branch, Pediatrics, Chen Minghui, mountain spring water, Salmonella.