In case of acute diarrhea, you should increase your fluid intake (3-4 liters per day), preferably containing sugar and salts. You can take one of the rehydration solutions that exist in the market.

An adequate intake is achieved when the urine has a light yellow tone.

NPO for 24-36 hours that will take only oral rehydration solution, about 3 liters per 24 hours.

Tea with lemon astringent character, is recommended during the acute process.

When reducing the number of depositions will begin with an astringent diet (ham, grated apple, cooked fish with boiled potatoes or cooked rice and carrots). When the diarrhea has completely given way, it is recommended to eat yogurt to restore the normal bacterial flora of the colon and begin the normal diet.

Maintaining proper hygiene habits.

If you have suffered an acute attack of diarrhea, avoid foods containing milk for a couple of days.

When should I see a doctor?

- When any of the warning signs described.

- When diarrhea occurred during a trip abroad or after it.

- When diarrhea lasts more than 1 week.

How is diarrhea?

Typically, the diarrhea goes away on its own within a week. Therefore, treatment with antibiotics is not common. It can cause side effects such as chronic diarrhea.

- Do not use antidiarrheal agents unless the excessive number of bowel movements, and always under medical supervision.

- It is shown that freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria can prevent travelers’ diarrhea.

- During visits abroad, boil all drinking water or drink only sealed water bottles. Also, eat only cooked or peeled vegetables and avoid ice cream.

- If you are unsure of the amount of salt, sugar or water to consume, use a solution of powdered sugar and salt sold in the pharmacy, and dissolve in water.

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- Irritable bowel syndrome

- Acute intestinal infections, chronic or recurrent

- Chronic intestinal inflammation (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease)

- Chronic pancreatitis produces fatty stools

- Laxatives

- Lactose intolerance

- Poor diet (excessive consumption of alcohol, coffee or sweets)

- Metabolic disorders such as diabetes and thyrotoxicosis

- Intolerance to gluten (wheat protein)What are the symptoms of diarrhea?

- Frequent bowel movements and fluid

- Lack of appetite

- Nausea, vomiting

- Stomach pains

- Fever

- Dehydration

If diarrhea lasts more than 3 weeks is considered chronic.

What are the warning signs?

- Blood in stool

- Pus in stool (yellow mucus)

- Inability to drink fluids because of vomiting

- Dehydration (between symptoms include excretion of small amounts of dark urine, drowsiness, dry mucous membranes, thirst)

- Pronounced drowsiness due to dehydration or intoxication

Acute diarrhea in children: Go to the hospital.

Acute diarrhea in the elderly that can destabilize the cardiovascular function due to dehydration.

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What causes diarrhea?

Infections

The main causes of diarrhea are bacterial and viral infections.

Diarrhea occurs when microorganisms irritate the lining of the bowel or large intestine, causing an abnormal amount of water in the stool. The irritable bowel undergoes a very active, contracting excessively and irregularly (colic). This may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, cold sweats and/or stomach pains. In some cases, depositions include traces of blood and mucus.

Diarrhea can also be caused by bacteria or viruses transmitted from one person to another. For this reason, it is important to wash hands with soap and water after using the bathroom.

Food Poisoning

It is usually caused by consuming water contaminated with bacteria, undercooked meat and eggs, or inadequate hygiene in handling food. You can not judge the quality of food or detect contamination by smell or appearance.

Certain bacteria (usually staphylococci) irritate the digestive tract by producing toxins. These toxins affect the mucosa long before the bacterial infection (a few hours after consumption). For this reason, people with inflammation or sores on their hands should not prepare food for others.

Other causes

When taking antibiotics, many people experience diarrhea that can last once treatment is finished. Diarrhea occurs because the antibiotic alters the intestinal bacterial environment. This is not an allergic reaction. Rarely requires medical treatment.

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What is Diarrhea?

If your baby or child’s sudden change in bowel movements than usual, both the frequency / amount of waste water to be used, and out in the liquid than solid consistency, it is diarrhea.

A newborn baby will generally defecate for more than ten times a day, and larger babies will have bowel time each day there are 2-3 times a day, or there are only 2 times a week. In other words you need to know what is NORMAL for your baby or child from the habit of their bowel.

Cause of diarrhea:

* Virus (most common cause of diarrhea – and usually because Rotavirus) symptoms: Berak-poop water (watery), foamy, blood NO mucus, sour smell.
* GE (stomach flu) most of the virus.
* Bacteria – Berak2 with blood / mucus, abdominal pain. —- Requires antibioka as drug therapies.
* Parasite (Giardiasis) – Berak blood + / – and mucus, abdominal pain .—— need antiparasite
* Children’s therapy with the use antibiotilka – If diarrhea occurs when a child is in the treatment of antibiotics, then call your doctor.
* Allergies milk, – diarrhea usually occurs a few minutes or hours after drinking the milk, usually in allergy to cow’s milk and products made from cow’s milk.
* Infection of bacteria or viruses that accompany other diseases; such as urinary tract infections, ear infections, measles, etc..

Symptoms of Acute Diarrhea (Diarrhea Sudden):

The cause of acute diarrhea (sudden diarrhea) are linked because the virus, typical poop-poop water (watery), foaming, NO blood or mucus, and smelled of acid.

Diarrheal disease transmission is contact with infected feces directly, such as:

- Food and beverages that have been contaminated, either already contaminated by insects or contamination by dirty hands.

- Playing with toys contaminated, especially in infants often include hands / toys / anything into the mouth. Because the virus can survive on the surface the air until a few days.

- Use of water sources contaminated water and not cooked properly

- Washing and use of milk bottles that are not clean.

- Not washing hands thoroughly after defecation or cleaning feces infected children, so that contamination of the furniture and equipment held.

Diarrhea Treatment

Because the causes of acute diarrhea / diarrhea is a sudden virus linked, then NO treatment that can heal, because it usually will heal by itself after a few days. So diarrhea treatment is intended to treat existing symptoms and prevent dehydration or lack of fluids.

Acute diarrhea can be cured by continuing ONLY usual feeding and drink / just enough fluids.

To remember NOT to give drug treatment to stop the diarrhea, since diarrhea itself is a body defense mechanism to remove the contamination of food from the gut. Trying to stop the diarrhea with drugs such as clogging the pipeline that will go out and cause back-flow and will aggravate the channel.

Because the diarrhea is the body’s defense mechanism, will heal itself after a few days – (14 days) which contains more diarrhea – from water (watery) began berampas, it reduced the frequency and recovery.

The important thing is to prevent the diarrhea and dehydration symptoms.

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