Nutritional regime and treatment of diarrhea in children with ages of 6-24 months in the community
- Author:
Tuan Thanh Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diarrhea
- MeSH:
diarrhea;
child;
therapeutics;
diet therapy
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):28-30
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the treatment and nutritional care for the diarrhea children. The study showed that prevalence of diarrhea among the children with 6-24 months old during previous 2 weeks was 21.2%. Most of the mothers obeyed the treatment protocol of local health worker, however the rate of proper use of medicine was not high. Fat, fish, fruit and vegetables were generally not given to the diarrhea children
