infectious diarrhoea in children
Last reviewed 01/2018
Infectious diarrhoea in children is a very common problem, most of which is viral, principally rotavirus.
The important features of management are:
- recognition of more serious causes of diarrhoea, for example, if there is blood in the stool - ie the possibility of intussusception
- appropriate treatment is usually conservative, antibiotics and gut motility inhibitors are rarely required
- adequate oral rehydration at an early stage