Rotavirus
Overview-
Almost all children have been infected with rotavirus before 5 years of age. Rotavirus is in fact one of the most common causes of diarrhoea and other more serious infections (rotavirus gastroenteritis), as well as the dangerous dehydration from diarrhoea in infants and young children. Rotavirus infections are responsible each year in the US approximately 3 million cases of diarrhoea and 55,000 hospitalizations for diarrhoea and dehydration in children under 5 years of age.
Causes-
The focus of infection by rotavirus are common during the winter and spring months. Primarily a problem for nurseries, schools and children's hospitals because rotavirus infection is very contagious.
The virus passes in the stool of infected persons before and after symptoms of the disease are visible. The infection may be putting their fingers in their mouths after touching something contaminated, this usually happens when
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Older children can usually be treated at home through solutions and rehydrating drinks prescribed by the paediatrician and in pharmacies.The doctor may need to analyse your baby's blood, urine and feces to confirm that diarrhoea is caused by rotavirus and not by bacteria. Because antibiotics do not work against diseases caused by viruses, your doctor will not give your child antibiotics to treat rotavirus infection.
American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) recommended that rotavirus vaccination be included among the routine vaccinations given to all children in the United States. The recommendation is to give three doses by mouth to the 2, 4, and 6 months of age. The vaccine, called RotaTeq, has been shown to prevent about 75% of cases of infection by rotavirus and 98% of severe cases; in Italy at a cost to the public of € 54.70 for each