What are the symptoms of acute enteritis

Acute enteritis is a type of digestive system disease. This disease is very common. The onset of acute enteritis is relatively rapid and is usually related to diet. Many people are not clear about the specific symptoms of acute enteritis. Patients usually experience vomiting, accompanied by diarrhea and abdominal pain.

1. Upper abdominal pain in the left middle or around the umbilicus, with paroxysmal aggravation or persistent dull pain, accompanied by abdominal fullness and discomfort. A few patients experience severe pain.

2. Nausea and vomiting. The vomitus is undigested food. The patient feels comfortable after vomiting. Some patients even vomit yellow bile or stomach acid.

3. Diarrhea occurs in patients with enteritis and stops as stomach symptoms improve. The stools may be loose or watery.

4. Dehydration is caused by repeated vomiting and diarrhea, resulting in excessive water loss, poor skin elasticity, sunken eyeballs, thirst, oliguria and other symptoms. In severe cases, blood pressure drops and the limbs become cold.

5. Vomiting blood and bloody stools: A small number of patients have blood in their vomit or coffee-colored vomit, black stools or a positive fecal occult blood test. This indicates bleeding in the gastric mucosa.

6. Fever, headache, general discomfort and symptoms of poisoning of varying degrees are common.

7. Physical signs are not obvious, there is tenderness in the upper abdomen and around the umbilicus, no muscle tension and rebound pain, and bowel sounds are often hyperactive.

8. The onset is acute, with frequent nausea and vomiting, severe abdominal pain, and frequent diarrhea, which is mostly watery and may contain undigested food, a small amount of mucus, and even blood.

9. In addition, headache, fever, chills and muscle pain are also common symptoms. In a few severe cases, dehydration may occur due to frequent vomiting and diarrhea.

10. Systemic symptoms: Generally, systemic symptoms are mild. Severe patients may have fever, dehydration, acidosis, shock, etc., and may occasionally present with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding.