Diet with rotavirus infection

For the treatment of patients with rotavirus infection, the diet should be varied and easy.

Rotavirus infection is a form of acute viral infection that causes intestinal flu. This infection is most affected by children. They rotavirus infection causes spasms, severe diarrhea, dehydration, fever and even cough and sore throat. In adults, the disease proceeds more easily, more like a simple indigestion. Infection is contagious, transmitted by food and airborne droplets, so adults who take care of children often become infected from them. The most favorable period for the reproduction of the virus is from November to April, the greatest number of cases of the disease falls precisely on this period.

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Treatment of rotavirus infection with diet

Unfortunately, today there is no medical treatment that could kill rotavirus infection, so the only help to the patient is a special diet. It should be started as soon as the first symptoms of the disease appear, from the diet it is necessary to exclude sugar and dairy products, as they create the ideal environment for the reproduction of the virus.

During the course of the illness, the patient basically has no appetite. Do not force it to eat by force, it is better to save it from dehydration and restore the water-salt balance, giving a lot of liquid, better mineral water and a solution of "Regidron". After a while, the appetite will appear and it will be possible to feed the child with a homemade jelly or light chicken broth.

What is the diet for rotavirus infection?

Eat often, about five times a day, but in small portions and always pay attention to the reaction of the body. With the least deterioration, stop eating those foods that could become the cause.

Duration of the diet is 5-7 days, or a little more, until the symptoms disappear completely. Then you can start to enter in the diet and other products, but you need to do this gradually, so as not to create a sharp load for the digestive system. If suddenly after the termination of the diet the illness repeats, you must immediately return to the diet to seek medical advice from a doctor.

Diet after rotavirus infection

After cessation of unpleasant symptoms of rotavirus infection in an adult, do not immediately return to the usual diet, especially if it is far from the right one. It is better to stick to a light vegetable diet first, eat porridge and a small amount of low-fat meat.

Fried dishes, borscht, meat soups, alcohol, coffee and cigarettes are desirable to be excluded, because after the infection the body is already weakened, so do not put it under stress, and the digestive tract unnecessarily. A healthy diet, plenty of fluids and more rest is the best recommendation for people who have had intestinal flu, caused by rotavirus infection.

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The child's diet after rotavirus infection

Rotavirus infection affects children much more than adults, so their nutrition should be treated more seriously, in addition, the children's immune system, and the body as a whole is much more difficult to tolerate, both illness and diet.

After the symptoms of intestinal flu have disappeared , it is highly undesirable to stop the therapeutic diet for at least 2 more weeks, and start gradually adding other foods to the diet. Of course, do not immediately start feeding the baby pasta and stew, the foods should be useful and easy to digest. You can add other porridges, low-fat pork, soups, low-fat cottage cheese, light yogurt to the menu. All in a moderate amount and, as before, is often better and smaller portions.

Menu diet with rotavirus infection

When the rotavirus infection rages in the body, it overcomes weakness, dehydration and loss of appetite, the diet menu should be approached thoroughly, because the diet should not only be easily digestible, but also tasty, and most importantly contain the entire complex of vitamins and minerals necessary for the body. This can be achieved only by making the menu diverse and complex. To do this, you need to try to have on the menu for the day there are porridges that give the body carbohydrates, vegetables, raw, stewed, or steamed, as well as fruits that are rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C, so useful for immunity. Once a day you need to drink broth, it has a beneficial effect on the microflora and is easily digested.

Diet recipes for rotavirus infection

If you or your child has been affected by rotavirus infection, you will need the recipes of delicious, and most importantly, dietary dishes that will help make your treatment more enjoyable.

• Carrot and apple puree

Boil 2-3 small carrots, bake several apples in the oven, grind them in a blender to mash, add a spoonful of honey and a pinch of cinnamon.

• Chicken fillet with vegetables

Take one chicken fillet, 2 medium tomatoes, 2 small carrots and mineral water. On the fillet make transverse incisions, for rapid cooking, soak in mineral water, for softness. Cut the carrots and tomatoes with straw. All together put on foil and bake in the oven for about half an hour. For a taste, you can add a pinch of salt.

• Stuffed peppers

For this dish you will need several Bulgarian peppers, medium zucchini, eggplant and carrots. Cut off the top of the pepper, so it becomes like a basket. Zucchini, carrots and eggplant finely chopped and this vegetable mix stuffing peppers. We put them in a steamer and cook for half an hour.

• Vegetable stew

For stew, you need an eggplant, 2 medium carrots, 3 tomatoes, beans, cauliflower. Cabbage cook for 7 minutes. Eggplant, tomatoes and carrots cut into cubes. Beans are cooked separately for 10 minutes. Then put all this in a frying pan, or in a multivark, add a little water and stew until ready. You can pour a little.

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What can you eat with rotavirus infection?

If you follow a diet, you can use these foods:

• buckwheat, semolina, or rice porridge, without oil and sugar;
• crackers from wheat bread;
• low-fat chicken broth;
• light vegetable soup;
• boiled or steamed chicken, fish;
• every few days you can eat a boiled egg;
• from vegetables can be cauliflower, carrots, tomatoes, beetroot, all in boiled form and preferably homemade.
• mashed potatoes, without butter and sour cream;
• unsweetened tea, broth of dogrose, infusion of St. John's wort, kissel;
• seasonal berries and fruits, but only if they are sure of their origin, because different nitrates can only exacerbate the problem;
• Instead of sugar you can eat honey, but in small quantities.

What can not be eaten with rotavirus infection?

Rotavirus infection develops well in the dairy environment, so during the diet you need to exclude from the diet any dairy products, butter and even kefir.

In addition to dairy products, rotavirus infection easily lives and multiplies in the environment created by sweets, so any chocolates, sweets and muffin also can not be consumed.

Also it is necessary to exclude such products:

• fresh bread;
• cheese;
• pearl and barley porridge, pasta;
• pickles and canned food;
• boiled, smoked and fried sausages, meat and fat broths;
• of vegetables can not be used: onions, garlic, radish, cabbage and cucumbers.
• semi-finished products;
• mayonnaise, ketchup, sauces, vegetable oil;
• do not eat lemons and kiwi;
• in no case it is not recommended to eat mushrooms, they are very heavy for the digestive system.