5 Things you need to know about diarrhoea in children | Coslyte ORS

Coslyte_ors28 Dec, 2022Health

Diarrhoea, commonly known as intestinal flu or stomach flu, is caused generally when the gut is infected by a special type of virus or bacteria. In such a condition, the patient experiences passage of two or more loose stools per day. Prolonged diarrhoea leads to dehydration due to the sudden loss of body fluids. Unhygienic sanitation, contaminated drinking water, food poisoning, medications like antibodies or laxatives are the main causes of diarrhoea. There are studies which show that children are more prone to the ill effects of diarrhoea than adults as they get dehydrated and malnourished more quickly. Now let us look at some important facts about Diarrhoea in children.