How harmful is diarrhea in children?

In life, some children have diarrhea, which may be due to poor gastrointestinal function. As long as they pay a little attention to their diet, they will be fine. Therefore, some parents do not pay much attention to their children's diarrhea. However, they do not know that such a disease will bring a lot of harm to their children. In order to help parents pay attention to the active treatment of pediatric diarrhea, let's introduce what are the hazards of pediatric diarrhea?

1. Harm to the heart

There are many reasons for children's diarrhea. As for pathogenic microorganisms, there are bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc. The most common cause of diarrhea is viruses, accounting for about 70% of the total number of cases. Such as Coxsackie virus, echovirus, polio virus, rotavirus, etc. These enteroviruses have a strong "affinity" for myocardial cells. When the child's resistance is reduced, they will "take advantage of the opportunity to enter". Through the digestive tract mucosa and blood circulation, they flow to the heart and cause inflammatory damage to myocardial cells, which is medically called myocarditis. Yangyang was infected with the virus because he ate unclean popsicles.

Once the myocardium is damaged, in addition to symptoms such as mental fatigue, poor appetite, dizziness and pale face, there may also be fatigue, sweating, fast or slow heartbeat, chest tightness, discomfort or pain in the precordial area, etc. In severe cases, facial edema, inability to lie flat, difficulty breathing and other symptoms of heart failure may occur, which are life-threatening.

2. Harm to joints

The so-called infectious allergic arthritis refers to the inflammation caused by the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms by pathogenic microorganisms. However, it is not caused by direct invasion of the joints by pathogenic microorganisms, but rather allergic lesions caused by infection. The knees, hips, ankles and other joints are the sites of disease.

Infectious allergic arthritis accounts for about 20 percent of all types of arthritis, and the incidence rate is quite high. Although it can occur in any age group, it is most common in children aged 5 to 12 and adults aged 20 to 40.

Arthritis usually occurs within 1 to 6 weeks after infection, with repeated attacks of joint swelling and pain, which recur and then heal. Fortunately, the disease is safe and has a good prognosis. It usually heals within 3 months and does not cause heart damage or joint deformities.

3. Harm to the brain

Toxic bacillary dysentery is commonly known as toxic dysentery. It mostly affects children aged 2 to 7 years old. It is a particularly serious type of bacillary dysentery and can be divided into three major types, as well as shock type and mixed type.

Cerebral toxic dysentery often presents with severe toxemia, which can cause respiratory failure and kill people if not treated in time.

Shock-type toxic dysentery may cause symptoms such as oliguria or anuria, mental depression, pale complexion, cold and clammy skin, weak and rapid pulse, and fluctuating or low blood pressure. Mixed toxic dysentery has the characteristics of both types and is the most dangerous type of toxic dysentery, with a very high mortality rate.

I believe that after reading the introduction in the article, we should have a deep understanding of the harm of pediatric diarrhea. We also know that pediatric diarrhea is indeed a disease with very serious harm. Therefore, if children have pediatric diarrhea in the future, parents must pay attention to early detection and early treatment to avoid more harm.