Why do children get diarrhea more often than adults? How can you treat your child's discomfort? Acute infectious enteritis is one of the more common childhood diseases worldwide, especially in the first three years of life. Every year, in Germany, one in six children under age 5 is taken to a physician at least once because of infectious diarrheal disease.
10% of the children presenting with rotavirus infection are admitted to the hospital. The existing national and international recommendations for the treatment of acute infectious diarrheal disease are inadequately followed, despite the high level of evidence on which they are based. Probiotics have a big role in the reduction of the duration of diarrhea and been documented by many international guidelines. Indian Microbiota Forum (IMF) is a swiftly developing science event that reveals the complexities of the gut microbiota and…