Symptoms that may accompany diarrhoea
1. Vomiting, which is regarded
as one of the main symptoms
2. Severe redness around the anus
3. High temperature
4.
Abdominal pain
Dehydration
Dehydration is regarded as one of the most serious complications
of diarrhoea. Hence whenever the child has diarrhoea it is
essential to watch him and make sure to treat this symptom.
Symptoms of dehydration
1. Thirst – the thirstier the child feels, the more likely it is to be an
indication that he has started to dehydrate.
2. Dryness in the mouth and on the lips.
3. Sunken eyes.
4. Loss
of flexibility in the skin; you can test the flexibility of the
skin by lightly pinching the skin on the stomach or neck between
two fingers; if it is slow to go back
to normal this is a sign of
dehydration.
5. Loss of appetite.
6. High temperature.
7. Abnormal drowsiness or apathy.
8. Not urinating for six consecutive hours.
9. Loss of balance.
10. Rapid heartbeat.
11. Lack of tears.
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Treating dehydration
Preparing 1 (one) Litre solution using Salt,
Sugar and Water at Home
Mix an oral rehydration solution using the following recipe.
Ingredients
:
• Six (6) level teaspoons of Sugar
• Half (1/2)
level teaspoon of Salt
• One Litre of clean drinking or boiled water and then cooled -‐ 5
cupfuls (each cup about 200 ml.)
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