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Summer and Autumn

High incidence of acute gastroenteritis

Acute gastroenteritis is mostly caused by bacterial and viral infections. The main symptoms are abdominal discomfort and varying degrees of diarrhea, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, fever, etc. In severe cases, patients may defecate several to dozens of times a day, with a large amount of watery stool, a small amount of mucus or white soap blocks, and sometimes the stool is egg drop soup-like with a foul odor. Critical symptoms such as electrolyte imbalance, intestinal perforation, and sepsis may even occur.

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Causes of high incidence of acute gastroenteritis in summer

**1. **The temperature rises in summer, which is more suitable for the growth and reproduction of bacteria. Eating spoiled or unclean food with bacteria, or eating poisonous food, etc., will cause the normal flora in the gastrointestinal tract to be disturbed or infected by viruses, causing acute gastroenteritis or even food poisoning.

**2. **In hot weather, many people like to drink cold drinks and eat cold dishes or cold foods, which can easily irritate the gastrointestinal tract and damage the gastric mucosa.

**3. **In summer, the weather is hot and people go to bed late. More people eat midnight snacks, such as barbecued food, which is not easy to digest. In addition, drinking beer increases the burden on the stomach and intestines. The cold and hot stimulation damages the gastrointestinal mucosa and causes gastrointestinal dysfunction.

**4. **The temperature in summer is very suitable for the growth and reproduction of pathogens of intestinal infectious diseases. They can be transmitted to other people through the patients' leftover food, hand contact, and contaminated tableware and objects. The transmission of pathogens causes a high incidence of acute gastroenteritis.

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How to treat acute gastroenteritis

1. Prevent dehydration: Diarrhea itself is not fatal, but the dehydration and electrolyte imbalance caused by this symptom are fatal. Therefore, once you have diarrhea, the first task is to deal with dehydration. In addition to preventing dehydration, you must also prevent the occurrence of electrolyte imbalance. The most common way is to drink more light salt water .

2. How to eat: Acute diarrhea is often accompanied by inflammation. At this time, the permeability of the intestinal wall increases. If you eat high-protein foods such as shrimp, crab, eggs, etc., it is easy to increase the risk of allergies. At this time, if you eat fried or deep-fried foods with high fat content, it will also aggravate the diarrhea symptoms. Therefore, patients should pay attention to reducing the stimulation of food on the intestines, and the diet should be mainly porridge .

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Misunderstandings in the treatment of acute gastroenteritis

**1. **Take antidiarrhea medicine whenever you have diarrhea: For infectious diarrhea caused by unclean food, **defecation is a protective mechanism of the human body. Through diarrhea, bacteria, viruses and the toxins they produce can be excreted from the body. **Taking antidiarrhea medicine when you have diarrhea will keep the virus in the body and may aggravate the infection.

****2. ****Take antibiotics whenever you have diarrhea: Antibiotics can kill pathogenic microorganisms, but they can also affect the body's normal flora. ****Antibiotics are ineffective against diarrhea caused by viruses or parasites. ****Diarrhea is often a self-limiting disease that can heal itself in about a week, and reducing the use of antibiotics can effectively avoid the occurrence of drug resistance.

3. Do not drink only water after diarrhea: After diarrhea, the body loses mainly fluids and electrolytes. Once the body is dehydrated, it is likely to cause renal failure, which is also the main cause of death from diarrhea. To correct water and electrolyte disorders, people with dehydration should be supplemented with fluids. Oral rehydration salts should be used for mild cases, and intravenous rehydration should be used for severe cases.

4. Eating less can reduce the burden on the intestines: ****Some people mistakenly believe that starvation therapy can reduce the burden on the intestines, but this is not advisable. Diarrhea causes nutrient loss in the body, so you can eat some easily digestible liquid food, such as porridge ****, noodles, etc. ****

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How to prevent acute gastroenteritis

**1. **Pay attention to food hygiene: develop good personal hygiene habits, wash vegetables and fruits thoroughly, do not drink raw water, and cook food before eating.

**2.** Food storage methods should be appropriate: Food should be stored in different categories, and raw and cooked food should be kept separate. Leftovers should be stored in the refrigerator in a timely manner, and should not be stored for too long. They should be heated before consumption.

**3. **Pay attention to balanced nutrition: The diet should be light, nutritious, and easily digestible. Avoid eating too much raw, cold, greasy, and irritating food.

**4. **Appropriate exercise: Appropriate exercise can strengthen the body, improve the body's immunity and gastrointestinal pathogen resistance.

**5. **Don't be too greedy for coolness: The weather is hot in summer, so you should not be too greedy for coolness. You should pay attention to keeping your abdomen warm and avoid staying in the air-conditioned room for a long time.

Expert Support:

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Feng Cuiling, Lang Yi, Feng Feng, Meng Yufeng, Dong Yuanli, He Jiakai, Liu Yaqian, Yao Ziang

Source: Peking University People's Hospital

Beijing Science Popularization Development and Research Center