Selasa, 01 Mei 2012

ROTAVIRUS


Rotavirus can be cause damage of villi that have function for digestive and absorption of carbohydrates include lactose, water and minerals so that will disturbed function digestive of lactose.

Disorders of absorption and spending can be cause deficiency of fluid and electrolyte with clinical symptoms of vomiting, increased body temperature and diarrhea without blood. Vomiting usually will stop within two days but diarrhea can continue during three to seven days. Rotavirus often cause health problems especially in baby with an age range from 3 to 24 months, babies under 3 months are rarely suffer from this disease because gets breast milk intake and passive immunity from mother while in the womb.

The case of vomiting accompanied by diarrhea in baby with body that fat must consider several important points as follows : 
  1. Baby with body that fat easily occur dehydrated because more difficult to regulate the balance of the amount of fluid in the body.
  2. If vomiting and diarrhea accompanied by fever will easily occur spasm.
  3. Complications more often occur if compared to babies with body that normal for the case of diarrhea accompanied by vomiting.
In baby with vomiting accompanied by diarrhea can be cause rotavirus can be given milk of low lactose that easily absorbed body. Usually after seven days of baby's intestines can return to normal, and if not cause disrupt on digestion can be given formula milk. Vomiting accompanied by diarrhea that caused by viruses do not require antibiotic treatment because it can be cured by itself if given fluid and electrolytes that enough. Antibiotics can be given beside treatment of fluid and electrolyte on the condition of vomiting accompanied by diarrhea caused by bacteria such as cholera, amoebic, and dysentery. Alternative treatments that recommended to speed healing on vomiting accompanied by diarrhea is by using probiotics. Probiotics are nutritional supplements containing lactobacillus bacteria that have beneficial to digestive tract by increasing immunity and digestive system of defense against infection.

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