An annoying, when while traveling to the train to the sea, on days of vacation on excursions or on an interesting picnic, in a circle of friends, the pain, rumbling in the abdomen and diarrhea appears ... It happens in the days of exams, at a party and even after visiting a cafe during Lunch break at work. And the culprit can be bought on a tray pie, pizza, a cake, a seed salad or even just excitement. I guess, many have experienced familiar symptoms on themselves, immediately spoiling mood and sweepers. What you say here? Very closely, uncomfortable, unpleasant. What can be taken to quickly get rid of depressing symptoms? Someone resorts to emergency care of widely advertised drugs, such as popular immodium. So that the drug benefits the body and the desired result, and did not harm, it is necessary to know when and how they can use. Therefore, our site will tell the details about this medicine.
Briefly about food poisoning and intestinal infections
To begin with, let's figure out what is banal food poisoning and what its differences from a more serious process - intestinal infection. What provokes poisoning? Spoiled and infected product in which pathogenic microorganisms are present and dangerous toxins allocated by them, eats an adult or child. In the stomach, under the action of hydrochloric acid, the microbes can die, but here the toxins do not neutralize, to great regret. Therefore, the suction of harmful substances in the blood. So there are unpleasant symptoms of diarrhea. The more aggressive harmful substances, the more their concentration in the human blood, the faster the symptoms of poisoning will appear. Sometimes a low-quality product will know about himself in an hour, but, it happens that after 12 hours. Now about intestinal infections. These bacteria are very stable, they are cozy are located in the new «Refuge» - human body adapt to the mucous membrane intestine and breed in it. And the most blacks are falling into lymph nodes. And it is not possible to manifest a disease, there are also long incubation periods. And without antibiotics (or antimicrobial means of other groups), it is almost impossible to deal with such an infection.
The composition of the immodium and the action provided by them
The pharmaceutical industry has been engaged in the release of Imodium for over 30 years. It happens in capsules that need to swallow and drink. Another more convenient shape, especially on the road, is rounded white tablets and a mint taste, they must be dissolved.
The main substance in the tablet is Loperamid hydrochloride, and as auxiliary protrude: sodium bicarbonate, mannitol, gelatin, aspartame and mint flavor.
Capsule In addition to the active substance Loperamide hydrochloride contains lactose, talc, corn starch, magnesium stearate. Capsule shell consists of gelatin, sodium erythroin, sodium indigotindisulfonate, yellow iron oxide, titanium dioxide, black iron oxide. In the capsule gelatin shell, and inside - white powder.
Loperamide has the ability to influence opiate receptors located in the intestinal walls, as a result, decreases or even the extraction of acetylcholine and prostaglandin is suppressed. All this leads to the braking of intestinal peristalsis. And the period of promotion of the intestinal channels is extended. Causes to the act of defecation decrease. Reinforced development of mucus by secretory glands is reduced, the drug selectively acts only on the intestine. Brakes the process of dehydration of the body, which happens when diarrhea. The drug removes pains associated with spasms in the intestines. Act medicine begins after half an hour. Having done his work, the drug is derived from the body. Imodium does not affect pathogenic bacteria.
Indications for use:
- Chair disorders, not only acute forms of diarrhea, but also chronic, regardless of genesis (origin).
- Elimination of frequent urges to emptying, extinguishing with a stretched intestine.
- Sometimes it is necessary to prescribe a drug patient with a stoma, that is, the intestine that the lumen has to withdraw on the front wall of the peritoneum. Such an operation is done by patients who have the lower intestinal departments are impassable, most often due to the presence of tumor diseases. And if the frequency of emptying in the patient is insufficient to be released by one, then they recommend this drug.
How to use medicine?
Of course, this should solve the doctor, given the diagnosis, the patient's condition and individual features, so that it does not work so that instead of diarrhea, another trouble has arisen - multi-day constipation. But it is not always possible to immediately consult a doctor. On average, the initial dose - 2 capsules or tablets (this is for an adult) and 1 capsule (this is for children whose age is already exceeding 5 years). I remind you that pills are dissolved in the mouth, and capsules swallowed and drove. Further actions depend on the result. Everything is very individual. If the state is improving, it may be necessary only one capsule (or tablet). But the reception 6 capsules per day, if hiking to the toilet continues. Children usually give 1 tablet after each liquid chair, taking into account body weight, but not more than 3 per day. So the symptoms of acute diarrhea are removed. Dosage and the number of techniques in chronic diarrhea require a special approach. It is necessary to achieve the result so that the number of defecations does not exceed two per day. But more than 6 tablets (or capsules) is not worth the adult.
What else is important to know and remember
The situations that our site described at the very beginning of the article, suggest that most often people who have diarrhea happened during the rest in nature or in travel days, most likely received food poisoning, various intestinal infections caused by pathogenic bacteria and their Vital Products - Dangerous Toxins. Then, many are pulled out of the handbag in advance the apparel pills of immodium or other drugs, its analogues. But in such situations, the Imodium is still undesirable. Now I will try to explain - why. Diarrhea in the intestines are microbes and their toxic products. In fact, diarrhea - this is a kind of protective reaction of the body, so he tries to get rid of harmful «Aliens» And their toxins. And what a person does, overly faded with immodium? He «Locks» All harmful and negative inside of its body. But toxins are then absorbed into blood and strengthen intoxication, which is felt as an increase in temperature, nausea, weakness, lethargy, headache. And bacteria will continue to impaired in enterocytes (intestinal cells) and migrating into lymph nodes. It happens that a person has been carrying these pest bacteria for many years, becoming an involuntarily potential source of infection for the people around. Here is a sad picture.
Still not need to be enough for the immodium, if diarrhea happened because Taking antibiotics - Then complications may arise against dysbiosis.
Contraindications and side effects
Unwanted effects, which still want to warn our site, the following: dry oral cavity, constipation, headache, excessive gas formation, allergic reactions, nausea, Inhibition, drowsiness. With the right approach to treatment, such phenomena rarely occur.
But the cases when the Imodium can not be applied:
- Dieseneria, bacterial enterocolitis;
- ulcerative colitis;
- constipation, obstruction intestinal, states under which can not be reduced intestinal peristalsis;
- lactose intolerance and increased sensitivity to composite components of the immodium;
- children under five, since for them it is a high dose;
- Women carrying breastfeeding;
- People whose work requires increased attention and rapid reactions.
During pregnancy, it is better to avoid taking medication, since there is little data on the effect on the health of the fetus.
Imodium or his synonym for Loperamide, is cheaper, often found in domestic or hiking aid kits. They are used by many, as easy to use. People think that these drugs can be resorted in any cases of diarrhea, nothing fears. And yet, dear readers are our site, remember the precautionary in this article, because sometimes the use of immodium is inappropriate, undesirable, and can cause complications in the future.
