Malfunction of the intestines can cause a lot of inconvenience. A person begins to hurt the stomach, nausea appears, all this not only destroys the person’s plans, but also causes serious harm to the body. Human diarrhea is a common disorder. To fix the problem you need to find out the reason.
Main symptoms
With proper functioning of the digestive tract, the stool in an adult should be up to three times a day, and the water content in the feces should be 50-60%. Sometimes there are more than 4 acts of defecation per day, and the stool consistency is fluid and has an unpleasant odor.
The goal of treatment is to ensure that instead of diarrhea there is a normal stool. The cause of the problem in an adult can be the use of substandard products. The main threat is the presence of pathogens. Often this situation happens in the warm season, since during this period pathogenic microorganisms are especially active.
Why does the body poisoning?
The most common causes are related to hygiene failure:
improper handling of products;- eating unwashed vegetables and fruits;
- inclusion in the diet too fatty foods;
- use of untreated water;
- combination of incompatible components;
- use of expired products;
- abuse of dishes that the body does not accept;
- diet, starvation;
- severe stress.
improper handling of products;However, there are a number of pathologies that can lead to diarrhea: rotavirus, infectious disease, gastrointestinal diseases, internal bleeding, obstruction of the gall bladder, Crohn's disease, the common cold, metabolic disorders, chronic diseases.
Features of treatment
You can stop water diarrhea with the help of classical therapy, as well as with the help of folk remedies. Doctors recommend the use of all drugs that address the symptoms of watery diarrhea. Initially, it is necessary to apply toxins sorbents, because they affect the appearance of diarrhea.
Such drugs effectively fight bacteria and viruses. The advantages of absorbents are that they are able to eliminate gases in the gastrointestinal tract, so that you can quickly get rid of swelling. According to doctors, these sorbents should be used at the first manifestations of watery feces. They can also be used in combination with other drugs that directly eliminate the causes of the disease.
In addition to the famous activated carbon, experts recommend using De-nol, Smektu, Polyphepan. It is also advisable to use medicines that contribute to the restoration of the gastrointestinal mucosa. They should also be used in the initial stage of diarrhea. Such tools are able to relieve inflammation in the intestines.
The most well known drugs include Sulfasalazine, Diclofenac. The use of medicinal plants that have an astringent effect will have a beneficial effect on the intestinal function. To such plants include oak bark, chamomile, bird cherry.
If diarrhea occurs due to a violation of the digestive tract, it is necessary to take enzymes Their reception will provide sufficient production of gastric juice, which will eliminate the negative effects in the presence of water diarrhea. These drugs include Festal, Mezim and Creon. Also, experts recommend during the entire period of treatment to use medications aimed at improving intestinal motility. However, it is important to remember that they can only be selected by a specialist who will make an accurate diagnosis and determine what caused the disease.
For example, loperamide-containing drugs can not be used to eliminate watery diarrhea. This is due to the fact that these drugs can not fight with all the bacteria in the body.
Also, it is better to stop self-administration of antibiotics, since they can only be taken on prescription. Antibiotics can be used when watery diarrhea appears, but only if the problem is caused by bacteria.
Receiving intestinal antiseptics that effectively fight microbes can also be indicated in the presence of watery diarrhea. They quickly and effectively eliminate E. coli, staphylococcus bacteria, stenococcus, Salmonella, and have a beneficial effect on the microflora. The most famous drugs of this type include Intrix, Enterofuril.
However, it is worth remembering that the use of such drugs should be coordinated with your doctor.
Reasons for changing the color of the chair
Green color
The following reasons may cause:
- dysbacteriosis, which provoked disorders in the gastrointestinal tract;
- acute inflammatory process in the intestinal area, resulting in feces interspersed with purulent secretions;
- bleeding in the intestines.
Yellow
In general, yellow diarrhea signals the infection of the body with a rotavirus infection. Such diseases usually provoke unwashed fruits, contaminated food. It should be remembered that this type of intestinal flu can move from a sick person to a healthy airborne droplet. Also, the yellow color of the feces may indicate the presence of chronic infectious processes in the intestines, such as gastritis or ulcers.
Food Features for Diarrhea
In addition to taking medications, it is very important to adjust your diet. It is necessary to follow a diet at least three days. And if the disease progresses, then for some time it is recommended to refuse food. During this period, it is better to replace it with strong, sweet black tea or drinking water. After stopping diarrhea, you need to consume foods that strengthen the stomach: boiled fish, not milk porridge, dried bread. But from raw vegetables and dairy products recommended to abstain for at least a month.
On the second day after diarrhea, you can boil the chicken or bake it in the oven. Fruits can be added to the diet by the seventh day.
Folk remedies
Infusions and decoctions, which include sage, chamomile, blueberries, have an effective therapeutic effect. You can prepare a mixture of ingredients, taking 30 g of each product. Stir everything, take one tablespoon of the mixture, fill it with a glass of boiling water and leave to infuse for an hour. After cooking, the broth must be drained and squeezed, bring the resulting volume to 400 ml, adding a little boiled water. It needs to be taken 4 times a day, 100 ml for half an hour before meals.
A decoction of oak bark, mountain ash and St. John's wort will also be useful. The ingredients are combined with each other in a ratio of 3 to 4. Take a tablespoon of the mixture, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, mix. Let the broth stand for 1-2 hours. After that, you can use it 4 times a day. Since the composition of medicinal decoction includes St. John's wort, you can take the solution for no more than two days in a row.
It is also recommended to try some natural remedies. A decoction of pomegranate crusts helps fight watery stools. Take some pomegranate crusts, boil them in a small amount of water for 10 minutes. Take two tablespoons of broth at intervals of one hour during the day.
Other recipes:
- Onion Husk Take a handful of onion peel, cover with one liter of water and cook for 10 minutes after boiling. During the day you need to take 400 ml of funds.
- Blueberry leaves. Take 4 tablespoons of leaves, fill with boiling water with liter, leave to infuse for half an hour. Take the product before a meal in 100 ml.
- Vodka with salt. Mix 0.5 tsp of salt and 100 ml of vodka. Accept and repeat in 3-4 hours if the desired effect has not been achieved.
- Carrot puree. Boil carrots, cook mashed potatoes out of it and eat it 4 times a day, 3 tablespoons.
However, remember that if at a high temperature, above +38 degrees, diarrhea does not stop for more than three days, and the stomach starts to hurt more, in the feces there are purulent or bleeding - you need to call an ambulance immediately.
How to prevent dehydration?
To avoid dehydration, which can cause irreversible processes in the body, it is necessary to carry out the rehydration procedure. With diarrhea, doctors advise you to drink more fluids, especially if you are very sick. Water in small portions should be ingested every 15 minutes. As a preventive measure, it is necessary to take Hydrovit or Regidron.
It is also necessary to expose food products to thorough heat treatment, to be vaccinated against rotavirus on time, not to drink water from dubious sources, to wash vegetables and fruits well before eating.
Dehydration, which lasts for more than three days under the condition of incessant diarrhea, can result in the following consequences:
- inflammatory processes in the walls of the colon or small intestine, if the body was infected;
- intestinal invasions with rotavirus;
- hepatitis C.
