Doctor reveals what you need to look out for after getting norovirus

An emergency pediatric doc has revealed a complication that you indispensable look retired for aft you travel down with a lawsuit of norovirus - and wherefore it's much communal than you think.

The important accusation was shared successful a new video posted connected TikTok this week by Florida-based Dr. Meghan Martin, who goes by the username @beachgem10 connected societal media.

Dr. Martin often takes to TikTok to stock her information tips, supply guidance for the flu and acold season, and interruption down aesculapian news.

However, this time, she tackled the norovirus - a microorganism that causes acute vomiting and diarrhea. 

In January, the norovirus had a surge passim the United States, per Yale Medicine, and unfortunately, it's rather casual to catch, arsenic its particles are dispersed by contaminated food, water, oregon surfaces.

But if you find yourself suffering from the dreaded microorganism this winter, you request to beryllium connected alert for a broadside effect that tin hap aft each is said and done.

Dr. Martin explained the complication by highlighting however it presented successful a pediatric diligent recently. 

The pediatric doc explained that she had seen a school-aged kid who had tummy issues for the full period since the full household came down with norovirus successful aboriginal January.

The kid felt amended for a week, and past had a week of constipation, followed by a fewer days of feeling bully and then, astir recently, diarrhea that included immoderate accidents.

When helium came successful to spot the doctor, helium was besides having immoderate issues urinating.

So, she took his captious signs and ran a fewer different tests, which showed that helium was healthy.

But aft feeling his stomach, the doc decided to bid him an abdominal X-ray, which showed a 'substantial stool burden.'

'This kiddo had astir apt an acute viral gastroenteritis, astir apt norovirus, past developed constipation, and present he's having thing called encopresis, wherever the hard boulder stool sits successful place, and the brushed stool moves astir it alternatively than pushing it through,' the doc explained.

She shared that this is wherefore helium was having accidents, due to the fact that helium is incapable to 'feel the brushed stool moving past the hard stool.' 

The urine discomfort besides turned retired to beryllium a broadside effect of the constipation. 

'This is simply a beauteous communal communicative pursuing a tummy bug similar norovirus oregon different gastroenteritis,' she explained.

'It affects the gastrointestinal motility for sometimes a mates weeks after, you're besides eating a batch of that, like, BRAT fare (Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, and Toast), debased fiber, precocious carbohydrate, that doesn't determination done precise well,' Dr. Martin continued.

She explained that aft a tummy virus, your GI flora - which are the bully and atrocious bacteria that plays a relation successful digestion - tin beryllium retired of whack, on with dehydration.

In this peculiar case, to lick the child's discomfort, the doc gave him an enema to get the hard stool out, which was followed by a GI cleanse astatine home.

In addition, she recommended helium travel a high-fiber fare and travel up with his pediatrician.

'When you person a GI bug, it's important to effort to resume your mean fare arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to assistance that GI intestine heal, and besides to proceed getting the fibre that you request to support the poop pooping, ' Dr. Martin concluded.

In the comments conception of her video, galore parents thanked the doc for the advice.

'My lad presently has norovirus truthful convey you for this to support an oculus connected it!' 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

Another agreed, 'THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! Entire household had norovirus 2 weeks ago, and my mediocre kiddo is inactive complaining regular that her tummy hurts.'