What are the methods for preventing and treating diarrhea?

When it comes to preventing and treating diarrhea, we must pay attention to the correct methods, because diarrhea has a relatively large impact on our health, especially long-term diarrhea can easily lead to dehydration, so we must correct bad eating habits and prescribe the right medicine, especially for infectious diarrhea, we must pay attention to the use of drugs.

1. Correct bad eating habits

Eat enough food.

Eat more foods high in crude fiber and develop the habit of drinking more water.

Take a small amount of wheat bran orally at regular intervals (25-30 g of dietary fiber per day, not suitable for those with organic intestinal stenosis).

The amount of water you drink should reach 3000ml per day.

2. Develop good living habits

Maintaining a regular daily routine, actively participating in physical activities, and maintaining an optimistic mental state can also help improve the function of the digestive tract.

3. If you often eat a lot of meat and fish, you may get diarrhea easily if you are not careful. In view of the characteristics of diarrhea, such as increased intestinal motility, increased intestinal mucosal exudation and/or secretion, and intestinal flora imbalance, antidiarrheal drugs are roughly divided into several types, including intestinal motility inhibitors (such as compound phenoxylate and Imodium), astringent antidiarrheal agents (such as tannic acid protein and bismuth subcarbonate), mucosal protectants (such as Smecta), and microecological agents (such as Bifico and Zhengchangsheng). In addition, adsorbents such as activated carbon can absorb toxins and reduce irritation to the intestinal mucosa, and thus also have an antidiarrheal effect.

4. The most important thing in treating diarrhea is to prescribe the right medicine for the disease. Diarrhea can be divided into infectious and non-infectious. Infectious diarrhea is caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, such as bacillary dysentery, bacterial food poisoning, viral enteritis, etc. Non-infectious diarrhea is common in colds, indigestion, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and systemic diseases such as hyperthyroidism, diabetes, and uremia.

5. Antidiarrhea is only a symptomatic treatment, and treatment of the cause is the fundamental treatment. Therefore, while stopping diarrhea and replenishing fluids, do not neglect the treatment of the primary disease. If it is infectious diarrhea, sensitive antibiotics should be used to control the infection; if it is caused by indigestion, you should start with adjusting your diet; if it is caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, you can choose drugs that regulate autonomic nervous function and sedatives, etc.