Know about rotavirus correctly
Rotavirus mainly infects the epithelial cells of the small intestine, which causes cell damage and causes diarrhea. Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe diarrhea among infants and young children worldwide, and it is also one of the main causes of death in children under 5 years old in the developing countries. Almost all children under 5 years old have been infected at least once.
Rotavirus is mainly transmitted through fecal-oral transmission, but also through respiratory droplets and close person-to-person contact. Rotavirus is very tough and resistant to acid and alkali, and it is difficult to completely remove it with ordinary disinfectants and hand sanitizers. Studies have shown that rotavirus can survive on hands for hours and on surfaces for days.
6-24 months infants and the young children are susceptible population. After being infected with rotavirus, they will usually get vomiting first then have diarrhea. The clinical characteristics of the infected infants and young children are usually with the malady of polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia and marasmus, will have vomit at the beginning, then follow by different degrees of diarrhea, mostly will accompany with fever. For the severe case, the feces volume will be bigger, with more water, more times, and less urine.
Infants and young children who are infected can recover without medicine in less severe cases. However, when diarrhea or vomiting is severe, please seek medical consultation in time to avoid shock, death or myocarditis, convulsion and pneumonia caused by severe dehydration.
The rotavirus antigen diagnostic kit (latex method) developed and produced by Wizbiotech is highly sensitive and specific, and the test results can be obtained in 10 to 15 minutes, and it can help clinicians to judge the cause of infant diarrhea in earlier stage. It is the test item that clinicians usually consider to use when they have to make a judgement that if the children really get acute gastroenteritis.
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