Question
How to handle diarrhea, vomiting, and fever caused by a cold in children?
Answer
When a child experiences diarrhea, vomiting, and fever due to a cold, how should we handle the situation? Also, if they don’t want to eat but only want to drink water, is it okay to give them some saltwater? Do they need immediate medication? Why does this condition occur? Do we need to give them some stomach medicine? Furthermore, is it possible to take different medications with different effects at the same time? Typically, we associate the common cold with symptoms like runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, and even fever, headache, body ache, and weakness. However, some people experience the main symptoms of nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and loss of appetite. They may also have a fever, but the symptoms of the upper respiratory tract are not severe. This is because the common cold or upper respiratory tract infection we’re talking about is mainly caused by viruses. Viruses can enter the nasal cavity and oropharynx, causing regional allergic reactions and inflammatory reactions that lead to runny nose, sneezing, and sore throat. Viruses can also enter the digestive tract, causing gastrointestinal “cold” reactions. Yes, that’s what we call gastrointestinal flu.