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DIARE
DIARE
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• Increase frequency watery
stools more than 3 times per
day
• Relative to the usual habits of
each individual
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Etiology of Diarrhea
Non
Infective infective
Viruses Allergic
Symptomatic
Bacteria
Inappropriate feeding Food
Parasites intolerance
Fungi Climate
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• History
• Signs of Dehydration
• Other disease
• Skill
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Signs & Sympt. Mild Moderate Severe
General Thirsty, Thirsty, irritable, Dowsy – limp,
allert,restless Or drowsy skin cold/sweaty
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Do not use the IV route for rehydration
except in cases of shock
ReSoMal 5ml/kg/30 minutes for first 2
hrs ; then 5-10 ml/kg/h for the next 4-10
hrs
ReSoMal : 37.5mmol Na, 40mmol K and
3 mmol Mg per litre
• NaCl 2.6 g • Na+75 mEq/l
• Na Citrate 2.9 g • K+ 20 mEq/l
• KCl 1.5 g • Citrate 10 mmol/l
• Glucose 13.5 g • Cl- 65 mEq/l
• Glucose 75 mmol/l
Inter-
Inter-
mediate
mediate
High
High
WHO guidelines
• Treatment of dehydration with ORS solution (or with an intravenous
electrolyte solution in cases of severe dehydration)
• Provide children with 20mg per day of zinc for 10-14 days
• Continue feeding or increase breastfeeding during, and increase feeding
after the diarrhoeal episode
• Use antibiotics only when appropriate (i.e. bloody diarrhoea and cholera)
and abstain from administering anti-diarrhoeal drugs (including
probiotics)
• Advise mothers on danger signs and on compliance with the treatments