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Digestive & GastrointestinalMildContagious
Acute Gastroenteritis
Family Medicine · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Mild
Severity
Very common — one of the leading causes of illness in India, especially in children under five
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
Family Medicine
Specialist
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Treatment focuses on preventing and correcting dehydration through oral rehydration solutions
- 2with intravenous fluids reserved for severe dehydration or when oral intake is not tolerated. A light
- 3easily digestible diet is resumed gradually as symptoms improve
- 4while antidiarrhoeal medications are generally avoided in infectious cases as they can prolong the illness. Antibiotics are reserved for specific confirmed bacterial or parasitic causes rather than used routinely.
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