Yersiniosis - an infectious disease that occurs in acute forms, which affects the gastrointestinal tract, liver, sometimes joints and other organs. The most common carriers of this wand are domestic animals: goats, cows, pigs, less often - dogs and cats, as well as field rodents. Thus animals can be absolutely healthy, not showing any signs of infection.
You can get sick all year round, as the pathogen is active at sufficiently low temperatures. Anyone may be in the potential risk zone, but yersiniosis is most common in children under 5 years old. Sources of infection can be vegetables, fruits, dairy products. Possible infection with airborne and contact-household ways.
There are several forms of this disease, each of which demonstrates a specific symptomatology. The most common is intestinal yersiniosis in children. Signs of yersiniosis are similar to the clinical picture of other enethrocolitic diseases and can be taken for food poisoning , rotavirus and any other intestinal infection .
Yersiniosis in children - symptoms
- general weakness, intoxication, fever;
- abdominal pain, nausea, multiple vomiting;
- frequent loose stools, in which impurities of blood and mucus may be observed;
- As the disease develops, the patient develops a multiple red small rash around the joints of the feet and hands.
Yersiniosis - treatment in children
Iersiniosis is treated exclusively in a hospital. The most important thing to do before the provision of qualified medical care is to take the necessary measures to avoid dehydration of the body, which consist in taking adsorbents and electrolytic solutions. The complex of therapeutic measures includes antitoxic therapy and antibiotic treatment.