The Rotavirus disease is often found among infants and is easily transmissible. This disease causes severe dehydration, vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain. Since it causes such a large fluid shift infants are often hospitalized, however, left untreated it can be fatal. The virus is passed to the environment through the stool of a sick person. Children contract it by placing contaminated objects into their mouth. While this is the most common form of transmission it can also be contracted by ingesting contaminated food and liquids. The best way to protect your child from the rotavirus is to vaccinate them. The rotavirus vaccine usually prevents children from contracting the disease at all, however, there are some cases where the children contract
