Viral Gastroenteritis - Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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Viral Gastroenteritis - Symptoms, Causes, and
Treatment

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What is Viral Gastroenteritis?

• Viral gastroenteritis is an intestinal infection
  that includes signs and symptoms like watery
  diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea or vomiting, and
  at times fever.
• The most common way to develop viral
  gastroenteritis often known as stomach flu  is
  through contact with an infected person or by
  consuming contaminated food or water. If you are
  otherwise healthy, you will probably heal without
  complications. But for infants, older adults, and
  people with compromised immune systems, viral
  gastroenteritis could be deadly.
• There is no effective treatment to treat viral
  gastroenteritis, so prevention is the key. Avoid
  food and water that might be contaminated and
  wash your hands thoroughly and often.

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Symptoms of Viral Gastroenteritis

• Although it is commonly known as stomach flu,
  gastroenteritis is not the same as influenza. The
  flu (influenza) affects only your respiratory
  system your nose, your throat, and your lungs.
  Gastroenteritis, on the other hand, attacks your
  intestines, causing signs and symptoms like
• Watery, usually non-bloody diarrhea bloody
  diarrhea generally means you have a different,
  more severe infection
• Nausea, vomiting, or both
• Stomach cramps and pain
• Occasional muscle aches or headache
• Low-grade fever
• Depending on the cause, viral gastroenteritis
  symptoms might appear within one to three days
  after you are infected and could range from mild
  to severe. Symptoms generally last just a day or
  two, but occasionally they might last up to
  fourteen days.
• Because the symptoms are similar, it is easy to
  confuse viral diarrhea with diarrhea caused by
  bacteria, like Clostridioides difficile,
  salmonella, and Escherichia coli, or parasites,
  like giardia.

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• When should you see a doctor?
• If you are an adult, call your health care
  provider if
• You are unable to keep liquids down for 24 hours
• You have been vomiting or having diarrhea for
  more than two days
• You are vomiting blood
• You are dehydrated signs of dehydration are
  excessive thirst, dry mouth, deep yellow urine or
  little or no urine, and severe weakness,
  dizziness, or light-headedness
• You notice blood in your bowel movements
• You have severe stomach pain
• You have a fever higher than 104 F (40 C)
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