PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

PRECIPITATING FACTORS
PREDISPOSING
 Contaminated food
FACTORS and water
 Age: > 5-month  Poor Nutrition
old  Improper handling of
foods
 Unsterilized utensils

ETIOLOGY
 Rotavirus

Invasion of pathogens into intestinal

mucosal

Multiplication of pathogens and

secretions of enterotoxins

Inflammation of the intestinal

mucosa

Enterotoxins causes fluid and

electrolyte changes

Increase secretion of fluid into

intestines and lower absorption of
nutrients
 GASTROENTERITIS

If not treated If treated

severe nerve
dehydration problems
Diagnosis:

 Stool sample
 Blood tests
 Treatment/
Kidney failure Management

DEATH
Antibiotics IV (intravenous) fluid
replacement

RELIEF
SYMPTOMS