My stomach keeps growling and I poop out water

Our stomachs often cause many problems due to some reasons. These problems usually have some symptoms. For example, before having diarrhea, some people’s stomachs may keep growling, and they may also feel a floating and painful feeling in the body, and they are very anxious to go to the toilet. It is possible that the diarrhea only excretes water. So what should you do if your stomach keeps growling and all you excrete is water?

(I) What to do if you have diarrhea and loose stools

1. Eat less after having diarrhea. Eating too much, especially if you have diarrhea and eat too much, will add burden to the already fragile stomach and intestines.

2. Don’t eat snacks after having diarrhea or watery stools. Snacks are bad for the stomach, especially after you have diarrhea, you should avoid snacks.

3. Do not eat fried food after having diarrhea.

4. Do not eat spicy food after having diarrhea.

5. Do not eat pickled food after having diarrhea.

6. After having diarrhea, drink more porridge and other stomach-nourishing foods.

7. If you have diarrhea and watery stools, you can drink some probiotics to regulate your stomach and intestines.

8. You can eat steamed apples if you have diarrhea and watery stools. Steamed apples can stop diarrhea.

Precautions

1. If the condition is serious, seek medical attention immediately.

2. Keep your abdomen warm

(ii) Acute gastroenteritis

Acute gastroenteritis is an acute inflammation of the gastrointestinal mucosa, with the main clinical manifestations being nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, etc. This disease is common in summer and autumn, and is mostly caused by improper diet, overeating, or eating raw, cold, rotten, dirty and unclean food.

Causes

1. Infection by bacteria and toxins

The most common infections are Salmonella and halophilic bacteria (Vibrio parahaemolyticus), the most common toxin is Staphylococcus aureus, and viruses can also be seen. There are often cases of collective outbreaks or multiple outbreaks in families. The disease can be caused by eating contaminated poultry, livestock meat, or fish; eating seafood such as crabs and snails where halophilic bacteria grow; or eating leftovers or rice contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus.

2. Physical and chemical factors

Eating raw or cold food or certain medicines such as salicylates, sulfonamides, certain antibiotics, etc.; or accidentally ingesting strong acids, strong alkalis and pesticides can all cause this disease.

Clinical manifestations

Mild diarrhea caused by acute gastroenteritis is generally in good condition, with less than 10 bowel movements a day, which are yellow or yellow-green in color, with a small amount of mucus or white soap blocks, and not much feces. Sometimes the stool is "egg drop soup-like". Acute gastroenteritis can also cause severe diarrhea, with bowel movements several to dozens of times a day. Large amounts of watery stools, small amounts of mucus, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, and sometimes vomiting of coffee-like substances. If hypokalemia occurs, there may be abdominal distension and systemic poisoning symptoms; such as irregular low or high fever, irritability and then lack of energy, blurred consciousness, and even coma

examine

Routine stool examination and stool culture; white blood cell count may be normal or abnormal.

diagnosis

The diagnosis can be confirmed based on the patient's clinical symptoms and laboratory tests.

treat

1. General treatment

Rest in bed as much as possible. If the condition is mild, take glucose-electrolyte solution orally to replenish the loss of body fluids. If vomiting persists or dehydration is obvious, intravenous supplementation of 5%-10% glucose saline and other relevant electrolytes is required. Encourage intake of light liquids or semi-liquid foods to prevent dehydration or treat mild dehydration.

2. Symptomatic treatment

If necessary, antiemetics and antispasmodics can be injected, such as belladonna, 3 times a day. Antidiarrheal drugs: such as Smecta, 2 to 3 times a day.

3. Antimicrobial treatment

The role of antibiotics in the treatment of this disease is controversial. For infectious diarrhea, targeted antibiotics can be appropriately selected. But abuse should be prevented.