This unpleasant state is familiar to all - and children, and adults. Stomach hurts, sick, tear, sometimes even the temperature rises. But most importantly - no way leave «based» a place. Everyone runs and run, but all the fault - a stomach disorder, or in a simple diarrhea, and on science - diarrhea. Call it as you want, the result is still alone. Adults cope with this problem faster than children and elderly people. But those and other digestive system will not come to the norm herself, she needs help. Why is it going on, our site will tell.
Diarrhea arises because of what
To understand this, we must return to the past. No, not in distant, and literally the day before diarrhea. Remember that you ate or drank, and maybe you mad a stomach without any measure? Or quite recently returned from the trip? Or you start taking Antibiotics? Or…
The most frequent reasons:
- Food poisoning. It causes vegetables, fruits and other products without proper heat treatment, as well as expired.
- Intestinal infections caused by bacteria and viruses: gastric flu (its other names: intestinal flu, rotavirus, gastroenteritis), dysentery. Source - a sick person or a healthy carrier that may not even suspect his infection. More often is the name «Durious hand disease».
- Dysbacteriosis - violation of intestinal flora.
- Banal overeating when your digestive tract simply cannot cope with such an unusual abundance of food.
- Chronic diseases of the digestive organs (gastritis, enteritis, Pancreatitis, colitis, hepatitis and T. D.).
- Sharp climate change, this is if you went to the voyage. Add here the unusual products and the composition of water, differing from the usual. As well as overheating in the sun!
- Overwork, stress, fear. There is even a term so - «Bear disease» (Panic diarrhea of nervous origin). Named so in honor of the bear, because he reacts to fear as well as people.
- Usage of non-adhesive infected water.
- Food allergies.
- Medicinal allergy. By the way, before admission of medicines, be sure to read the instructions. Perhaps in the column «Sideflines» diarrhea is spelled out, you just did not pay attention to it.
- Lactose intolerance. Often meets in children.
- Lack of vitamins B2, K, F.
- Fruit juices in which there is sorbitol.
If the diarrhea does not stop in a few days, then perhaps it is something more serious:
- Ulcerative colitis.
- Impaired suction (Malabsorption syndrome).
- Infection by microorganisms - giardia, amoebas, salmonella.
- Irritable intestinal syndrome.
- Appendicitis.
- Crohn's disease. Characterized by inflammation of a part of the digestive tract.
If there was a week, and the symptoms do not disappear, then you do not need to continue to be treated yourself. Only a doctor will be able to assign analyzes and put the correct diagnosis. Well, if everything just started, let's try to figure it out.
Characteristic features and disturbing symptoms
Since the reasons for the appearance of diarrhea set, we will dwell only on the most characteristic. The most important, it does not confuse with anything - chair disorder, which is manifested in frequent urges to the toilet (at least 3 times a day). In addition, arises Owl of belly, as well as pulling pain at the bottom of him. On the first day, dehydration (most, by the way, a dangerous sign of diarrhea!) It may not appear, but if you do not take the necessary measures, it will be expressed in lowering the temperature and pressure, thirst will appear and dry mouth mucosa.
An important criterion that will tell you to go to the doctor or do it on your own - the character of diarrhea. Chair can be watery and bloody.
Watery diarrhea.
The intestine is struck by toxins of bacteria, which speaks of food poisoning or acute intestinal infection. Do not grab immediately for antibiotics and antimicrobials, if only diarrhea does not stop more than two days. More use water preventing dehydration. It is possible to use the drug reciprons. Or use the tips that we give below. If three days passed, and everything remains unchanged - to the doctor!
Blood diarrhea.
If blood appeared in the chair and mucus, the temperature has dropped or increased to a critical level, this is already a reason for hospitalization. Folk remedies can no longer. Do not lose time so that the disease does not start progress. Diarrhea can be very dangerous for children and older people! Therefore, if diarrhea opened in a child up to 1 year, urgently need to find out the reason.
Here are some more symptoms who speakers that without medical care can not do:
- strengthened vomiting;
- Top-like pain in the abdomen, not passing bloating;
- calling more than 15 times a day;
- fainting;
- a chair of red or black (it was possible to bleeding or parasites attack you);
- White or faded color chair (not in order liver)
- swelling;
- Dehydration, no urination.
Preventive measures
As they say, it is easier to prevent than to treat. Therefore, it is better to read the tips for which you need to adhere to avoid all the troubles associated with diarrhea.
- Wash your hands: after the street, before meals, after visiting the toilet, before you take a breast child.
- Wash vegetables and fruits. For children it is better to clean from the peel.
- Boil water and milk before use.
- Learn and check the shelf life of products, especially for milk-containing products.
- Meat and fish must be thermal processing before use.
If the first diarrhea symptoms appeared, and you work as a waiter or cook, then forget about things to fully cure.
Treatment at home
It must be remembered that the worst in diarrhea is dehydration. The body loses a lot of fluid that needs to compensate. But it should not be only ordinary water. After all, it does not contain the necessary organisms of mineral salts and sugar. Rejegerating solutions - reciprons, oralitis or touring (carefully follow the instructions!). In addition, drink mineral water, black or green tea without sugar, orange, grapefruit or pear juice, compotes from dried fruits, welded without sugar.
If the baby is chest, keep feeding it with breasts. So the lack of necessary microorganisms will be fed. If your baby is an artificial, pick up the power, which has a fixing effect or contains bifidobacteria.
What folk remedies apply to not harm neither an adult nor to the child:
- starch. In 1/2 cup of water to dilute 1 teaspoon of starch, well stir and drink quickly;
- rice. Rice porridge or rice decoction is very well helped from diarrhea, only cooking is needed without salt. 1 cup of rice on 3 glasses of water. Take every 2 hours of decoction or eat porridge;
- chamomile. One tablespoon of daisy flowers on a glass of boiling water. Pour, insist 4 hours, strain. Use 4 times a day for 2 tablespoons, preferably after eating;
- Garnet. A small amount of grenade crusts brew in one cup of boiling water, insist 30 minutes. Take 1 teaspoon, until complete termination of diarrhea;
- nutmeg (suitable to breast kids). Take 1 nutmeg, crushing, 1 teaspoon powder dissolve in 1/2 cup of milk. Giving 1 teaspoon of the resulting drink every three hours;
- hawthorn. One glass of hot water pour 5 grams of dry fruits, boil 10 minutes, then half an hour let it insist. Strain and add so that a glass of liquid turned out again. Give 1 tablespoon 3 times a day;
- Cherryukha. Glass boiling water on one tablespoon of cherry fruits. Boil on low heat for 10 minutes, then let it stand for 1-2 hours. Strain and drink 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day;
- carrot. It turns out this root plant - an excellent means for diarrhea. It just needs to cook, clean, dance and add some boiled water.
At the first signs of intoxication can be useful Activated carbon. With acute diarrhea, adults can be taken Loperamide or Polysorb. Children are better to refrain from these drugs before finding out the exact causes of diarrhea.
What can i and what can not eat
In addition, you need to treat symptoms, you should know what can be eaten at this time. It is clear that there is a lot - only in harm. Still need to refrain from all fried, greasy, sharp, smoked, salty and sweet. Wait with raw vegetables and fruits. No fastofud. Do not drink milk and coffee. And live without alcohol.
But the broths, boiled vegetables and boiled pair meat, steam cutlets, oatmeal and rice porridge, potato mashed potatoes and bananas will scream for a while. All dishes Eat warm. Children during diarrhea is better to give food in the witch form.
Remember that the diarrhea does not need to be treated as an ordinary phenomenon. Be sure to find out the reason to determine the treatment. Assist in this case can only a good doctor. We hope that you know such. And to all who are already suffering from the disorder of the stomach, to help our advice and wish «Get well soon!».
