What to do if you have diarrhea

Diarrhea is a common symptom among children. It refers to more frequent bowel movements than usual, thin stools, increased water content, and daily bowel movement of more than 200 g. The stools may contain undigested food or mucus. Diarrhea is very uncomfortable for children. Many times parents do not know the cause of diarrhea. Understanding the cause is very important for treatment. Let's see what to do if you have diarrhea.

Have we all encountered diarrhea in our daily lives? Especially many children will experience this phenomenon. When diarrhea occurs, we must promptly understand the cause of the diarrhea and what to do about diarrhea. Everyone must want to know, let’s take a look at our introduction today.

1. Treatment of the cause

(1) Anti-infection treatment: Choose appropriate antibiotics according to the different causes.

(2) For other reasons, people with lactose intolerance should not consume dairy products, and adults with celiac disease should avoid wheat products. Chronic pancreatitis can supplement with a variety of digestive enzymes. In case of drug-related diarrhea, the relevant drug should be discontinued immediately.

2. Symptomatic treatment

(1) General treatment is to correct the imbalance of water, electrolyte, acid and alkali and nutritional imbalance. Replenish fluids, vitamins, amino acids, fat emulsions and other nutrients as appropriate.

(2) Mucosal protective agents: dioctahedral montmorillonite, sucralfate, etc.

(3) Microecological preparations such as Bifidobacterium can regulate intestinal flora.

(4) Antidiarrheal drugs should be selected according to the specific situation.

(5) Other drugs such as 654-2, propantheline bromide, and atropine have antispasmodic effects, but should be used with caution in patients with glaucoma, prostatic hypertrophy, and severe inflammatory bowel disease.

symptom

Acute diarrhea

(1) Bacterial infection: People may develop enteritis or bacillary dysentery after eating food contaminated by bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Shigella, or drinking beverages contaminated by bacteria, with symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, tenesmus, and fever of varying degrees.

(2) Viral infection: When a person is infected with a variety of viruses through food or other means, it is easy to cause viral diarrhea. For example, after being infected with rotavirus, Norwalk virus, Coxsackie virus, Echo virus and other viruses, symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever and general discomfort may occur.

(3) Food poisoning is an acute toxic disease caused by eating food contaminated by bacteria and their toxins, or eating uncooked lentils, etc. Spoiled food and contaminated water are the main sources of infection, while unclean hands, tableware and infected flies are the main routes of transmission. Patients may experience acute gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever.

(4) Eating raw and cold foods and drinking ice beer frequently can lead to gastrointestinal disorders, accelerated intestinal motility, and diarrhea.

(5) Food retention and indigestion, irregular eating, overeating, eating indigestible food, or food retention in the stomach due to insufficient gastric motility, causing symptoms such as abdominal distension, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, acid reflux, heartburn, and belching (hiccups).

(6) Catching a cold In the hot summer, people like to stay in air-conditioned rooms or sleep with the air conditioner on. The abdomen can easily get cold, which speeds up intestinal peristalsis and causes diarrhea.

2. Chronic diarrhea

Chronic diarrhea lasts for more than 2 months and has more complex causes than acute diarrhea, so diagnosis and treatment are sometimes difficult.

(1) Intestinal infectious diseases: ① Chronic amoebic dysentery; ② Chronic bacterial diseases; ③ Intestinal tuberculosis; ④ Giardiasis, schistosomiasis; ⑤ Intestinal candidiasis.

(2) Non-infectious intestinal inflammation: ① Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis); ② Radiation enteritis; ③ Ischemic colitis; ④ Diverticulitis; ⑤ Uremic enteritis.

(3) Tumors: ① Colorectal cancer; ② Colon adenoma (polyp); ③ Malignant lymphoma of the small intestine; ④ Amine precursor uptake decarboxylation cell tumor, gastrinoma, carcinoid, intestinal vasoactive intestinal polypeptide tumor, etc.

(4) Small intestinal malabsorption ① Primary small intestinal malabsorption; ② Secondary small intestinal malabsorption.

What should we do if we have diarrhea? Do you all know what to do now? Diarrhea needs to be treated in time, usually with medication. If it is not treated in time, it will have many effects on the patient's body. We should have good eating habits in daily life, do not eat indiscriminately, and avoid diarrhea.