Bacterial Gastroenteritis
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- What is bacterial gastroenteritis?
- Symptoms of bacterial gastroenteritis
- Causes of bacterial gastroenteritis
- Prevention of bacterial gastroenteritis
- Risk factors for bacterial gastroenteritis
- Complications of bacterial gastroenteritis
- When to see a doctor about bacterial gastroenteritis
- Diagnosis of bacterial gastroenteritis
- Conventional treatment of bacterial gastroenteritis
- Alternative/complementary treatment of bacterial gastroenteritis
- Living with bacterial gastroenteritis
- Caring for someone with bacterial gastroenteritis
Caring for someone with bacterial gastroenteritis
Partner
If your partner has bacterial gastroenteritis, you may be able to help them through the following strategies:
- Allow your partner to rest - your partner needs bed rest to help their body recover and heal from the bacterial gastroenteritis, so allow them to sleep and rest until they feel better
- Provide fluids and food - your partner needs to ensure they have adequate fluids and soft foods to eat, but they may be too sick to prepare the foods for themself, so it would be beneficial if you could prepare some soup, toast, cook some rice (and maybe add some honey) and give them fluids at regular intervals
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Friends
If your friend has bacterial gastroenteritis, you may be able to help them through the following strategies:
- Allow your friend to rest - your friend needs bed rest to help their body recover and heal from the bacterial gastroenteritis, so allow them to sleep and rest until they feel better
Parents
If your child has bacterial gastroenteritis, you may be able to help them through the following strategies:
- Allow your child to rest - your child needs bed rest to help their body recover and heal from the bacterial gastroenteritis, so allow them to sleep and rest until they feel better
- Inform the school - if your child has bacterial gastroenteritis, you will need to inform the school in case the food they have eaten was also eaten by other children in case they become sick too
- Keep your child home - a child that is sick with bacterial gastroenteritis needs to be kept away from school to avoid infecting other children with the bacteria
- Medication - if the doctor has provided medication (for nausea or diarrhea) for your child, ensure they take it as directed
- Provide fluids and food - your child needs to ensure they have adequate fluids and soft foods to eat, so it would be beneficial if you could prepare some soup, toast, cook some rice (and maybe add some honey) and give them fluids at regular intervals to prevent dehydration
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< 11: living with bacterial gastroenteritis Last reviewed: 30 October 2009 || Last updated: 18 January 2010
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
