Bacterial Infection medically known as Gastroenteritis or Gastroinstestinal Infections and commonly known to us as Diarrhea. It is also called gastric flu or stomach flu, although it has no relation to common flu or influenza. Bacterial Infection is marked by a severe inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract involving the stomach and the small intestine which normally results in acute diarrhea and sometimes aided by vomiting.
Bacterial Infection, diarrhea can be transferred from one host to  another by contact with contaminated food and drink. The inflamation is most often by an infection from certain germs and viruses, sometimes toxins, parasites, and in other cases triggered by sudden change in diet or medication and the body’s adverse reaction to it.
According to some research, about 50% of cases of Bacterial Infection comes as a result of the infection of a virus called norovirus. This kind of stomach virus affects people of all ages. The germ is transmitted through contaminated food or water, by person to person contact, and by contaminated surfaces.
There are also several notorious viruses that causes Bacterial Infection of the intestine. Among these are the following; Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium, Escherichia coli, Yersinia, Vibrio cholerae, and others. Each organism causes slightly different symptoms but all result in diarrhea. Colitis, inflammation of the large intestine, may also be present.

Some Usual Causes of Infection:
1. Improperly prepared food,
2. Reheated meat dishes,
3. seafood,
4. Dairy
5. Bakery products
6. Poor Sanitation
7. Contaminated water

Symptoms and Signs of Bacterial Infections. The condition usually lasts 1-6 days, and is self-limiting.

- Nausea and vomiting
- Dehydration
- Diarrhea
- Loss of appetite
- Fever
- Headaches
- Abnormal flatulence
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal cramps
- Bloody stools (dysentery – suggesting infection by amoeba, Campylobacter, Salmonella, Shigella or some pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli)
- Fainting and Weakness
- Heartburn

In infants and small children, the main contributing factor is poor feeding. As in adults, diarrhea is commen, and may be followed by vomiting. Usually causes frequent watery stools or too much mucus in the stools. A child suffering with this illness may become lethargic, suffers lack of sleep, and exhibit signs of dehydration, reduced skin turgor, skin color discoloration, sunken fontanelles, sunken eyeballs, darkened eye circles, glassy eyes, poor perfusion and ultimately shock.

Usual Complications.

Baterial Infection or Gastroentiritis usually is accompanied by dehydration. It can be made worse with the withholding of fluids or the administration of juice or soft drinks. So, administer as much water as possible. I have seen gatorade work effectively on some. In lactating mothers, they should continue breastfeeding thier infants.

Recommended medications

Antiemetics. Antiemetic drugs may be helpful for vomiting in children. Ondansetron has some utility with a single dose associated with less need for intravenous fluids, fewer hospitalizations, and decreased vomiting.Metoclopramide also might be helpful. However there was an increased number of children who returned and were subsequently admitted in those treated with ondansetron. The intravenous preparation of ondansetron may be given orally.

Antibiotics. Antibiotics are not usually used for gastroenteritis, although they are sometimes used if symptoms are severe (such as dysentery) or a susceptible bacterial cause is isolated or suspected. If antibiotics are decided on, a fluoroquinolone or macrolide is often used. Pseudomembranous colitis, usually caused by antibiotics use, is managed by discontinuing the causative agent and treating with either metronidazole or vancomycin.

Antimotility agents. Antimotility drugs have a theoretical risk of causing complications; clinical experience, however, has shown this to be unlikely. They are thus discouraged in people with bloody diarrhea or diarrhea complicated by a fever. Loperamide, an opioid analogue, is commonly used for the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea.[11] Loperamide is not recommended in children as it may cross the immature blood brain barrier and cause toxicity. Bismuth subsalicylate (BSS), an insoluble complex of trivalent bismuth and salicylate, can be used in mild-moderate cases.

Antispasmotics. Butylscopolamine (Buscopan) is useful in treating crampy abdominal pain.

Alternative medicine

Probiotics. Some probiotics have been shown to be beneficial in preventing and treating various forms of gastroenteritis. They reduce both the duration of illness and the frequency of stools. Fermented milk products (such as yogurt) also reduce the duration of symptoms.

Zinc. The World Health Organization recommends that infants and children receive a dietary supplement of zinc for up to two weeks after onset of gastroenteritis. A 2009 trial however did not find any benefit from supplementation.
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