it has been several days since autumn. Do you feel a little cool in the air? Autumn and winter is the high incidence season of diarrhea, so for parents and friends, we must pay attention! Autumn diarrhea, as the name implies, occurs in autumn and winter diarrhea. Generally, it refers to diarrhea caused by rotavirus infection in autumn and winter, also known as rotavirus enteritis. So what are the transmission ways of diarrhea in autumn? How to prevent it?
Transmission of diarrhea in autumn
There are two ways of transmission of autumn diarrhea caused by rotavirus infection: one is from feces to mouth, that is, after direct or indirect contact with children's feces, the virus is brought into the mouth by food; the other is air transmission, that is, the virus in children's feces spreads into the air and enters the human body through the respiratory tract.
How to prevent autumn diarrhea
1. Pay attention to the hygiene. The mother should wash her hands after changing the diaper, before feeding, before washing and before feeding the baby. The breast of a breastfed baby should be wiped clean by the mother before feeding. Artificial feeding of infants, to pay special attention to the sterilization of milk and do not eat spoiled milk.
2. When adding auxiliary food in autumn, we must start with a small amount, and only one can be added at a time to make the digestive tract of the baby adapt. In addition, when adding complementary food, we should start from semi liquid food, gradually transition to solid food, and add solid food too early, which is easy to cause diarrhea. When making complementary food for infants, fresh food should be used. Eat it now and make it now. Do not give leftovers to infants. Adults and children should wash their hands before touching food.
3. The tableware and cooking utensils (kitchen board, knife and fork, filter gauze or mesh leakage, juicer, various containers, etc.) used to disinfect the baby (especially the baby 6 months ago) before use are dried after use, cleaned and disinfected before use.
4. Pay attention to food placement. The food placed in the refrigerator must be boiled before eating. Replace a clean container for placement. The remaining milk placed at normal temperature shall not exceed 4 hours. When the container is reused, it must be boiled before use.
5. Keep the air fresh. Don't close the doors and windows because the weather turns cold. Keeping good indoor air circulation can reduce the chance of virus infection.
6. Don't chew food for your baby. Never chew food for your baby, which may cause diarrhea. Some mothers are afraid of burning their children. They like to lick them with the tip of their tongue and try the temperature. This is a bad habit. Other mothers like to peck at the nipple and taste the temperature of the milk, which is even worse. Normal bacteria in the mouth of adults may be pathogens for babies.
7. Do not contact other babies with diarrhea. Do not take them to medical places where the sick children are concentrated. Do not go to public places. Try not to contact babies with diarrhea.
8. Active epidemic prevention: when necessary, parents can let their children take live rotavirus vaccine orally to prevent the occurrence of the disease.