Viral Gastroenteritis - Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

1. Viral Gastroenteritis - Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment - Specialty Care Clinics

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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) Get More Details Information Click Here

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