Food poisoning in the child

In the "domestic" sense, food poisoning is usually understood to mean foodborne disease Poisoning, which occurs when usedfood inhabited by pathogens. Food poisoning in a child can occur at any time of the year, but usually a wave of poisoning in children falls on the summer - in the heat the products spoil faster.

TO potentially dangerous products include milk and dairy products, eggs, meat(especially pâtés, meat semi-finished products, sausages), fish, confectionery with cream, salads with mayonnaise (especially those prepared from the store). This does not mean that they can not be used - this means that you need to closely monitor their quality. And this is primarily the task of an adult.

Foodborne disease develops very quickly, symptoms of food poisoning in children usually appear suddenly. The first symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. After a while, diarrhea joins.

If you do not provide medical care at this stage, In time, dehydration of the body will join the poisoning itself. His symptoms are pale skin, rapid breathingand pulse, low blood pressure, dry mouth. The child raises his temperature, he becomes moody and sluggish. Increasing symptoms of dehydration suggests that you need to urgently call an ambulance.

How to treat food poisoning in a child? The first rule is no self-medication"From the stomach", and even more so antibiotics. Also, do not give the child anti-diarrhea and antiemetics. Yes, vomiting and diarrhea cause him discomfort (to put it mildly), but this is a natural defensive reaction of the body, which thus gets rid of toxins.

The treatment of food poisoning in children consists of three main components: restoration of water-salt balance, reception of sorbents and proper diet. It is very important to provide the child with the rightdrinking regimen to make up for the loss of fluids. You can give water, special water-salt solutions (for example, regidron), loose tea, rose hip, rice decoction.

You need to give your baby a small dose, but often - every 15-20 minutes give him a drink even a sip, even if the child refuses. When vomiting and diarrhea cease, you can give the child an enterosorbent (for example, activated carbon). Previously, it makes no sense, because he will have time to withdraw from the body before he acts.

To restore normal functioning of the digestive tract, the child must follow a proper diet. The first 4-6 hours after the onset of symptomsPoisoning from food intake is better to refuse altogether (it does not concern drinking). Then you need to maintain a sparing diet, giving the child a liquid or semi-liquid low-fat food. At first, after poisoning, you should not give the child fresh bread, sweets, fatty foods and whole milk.

Even if you manage to cope with the symptomspoisoning at home, the doctor still have to apply. He will advise a diet after a poisoning, which will need to be observed for another two to three weeks, and can also prescribe medications to normalize the intestinal microflora in order to quickly restore the impaired function of the digestive tract and avoid unpleasant complications such as dysbiosis or gastritis. In case of severe poisoning, and also if the child is younger than two years, the doctor should be contacted immediately, without attempting to self-medicate!

Food poisoning in a child is easier to prevent than cure. Often, not only children, but also parents forget aboutthe elementary rules - to wash your hands before eating, do not eat unwashed or poorly washed vegetables and fruits. Always keep track of the shelf life of products, do not leave uneaten food on the table, do not let the child drink raw water and unboiled milk. Remember, your child's health is in your hands.