Definition of
Diarrhea is an increase in bowel movement or an increase in the softness of the stool or both, which results in water feces, which is very common as it affects the person at least once to twice a year.
- Diarrhea may be relative or absolute
- Relative diarrhea is a somewhat increased number of times the output compared to normal or an increase in the softness of the stool that becomes close to the fluid
- Absolute diarrhea which occurs more than 5 times a day.
Diarrhea is divided into two parts:
- Acute diarrhea lasts from a few days to a week
- Chronic diarrhea lasts more than three weeks
Causes of diarrhea
- Infection, virus, bacteria or parasites, acute food poisoning, other causes of acute diarrhea include the use of a new drug
- Irritable colon syndrome
- Infectious diseases: There are a few infectious diseases that can cause chronic diarrhea, for example, Giardia lamplasia, patients with AIDS often have chronic infection of their intestines that cause diarrhea.
- Excessive growth of bacteria in the small intestine
- Inflammation of the bowel syndrome (IBD)
- Bad carbohydrate absorption
- Poor absorption of fat
- Diseases of the thyroid gland
- Excessive administration of laxatives
- Some medicines may cause diarrhea and include:
- Anti-inflammatory drugs – painkillers
- Chemotherapy drugs
- Antibiotics
- Drugs for the control of tachycardia (antiarrhythmics)
- Drugs for high blood pressure
- Misoprostol (Cytotec)
- Quinadlute (Quinidex)
- Uplasum
- Colchicine
- Metoclopramide (Reglan)
- Sesaprid (Propulsid, Motilium)
- The most common cause of diarrhea is viral infection of the stomach and intestine, and the symptoms of viral infection of the stomach and small intestine include:
- nausea
- vomiting
- Pain in the abdomen accompanied by colic
- Diarrhea
- These symptoms usually last from two to three days
When to visit a doctor
- If diarrhea has high thermal facilities more than 38 degrees Celsius
- Facilities for abdominal or colic medium or severe
- Facilities for having blood with feces
- Patients with diseases such as diabetes and heart disease
- Diarrhea continued for more than two days without any improvement
- Feeling dry
- Facilities for continuous vomiting
- Pregnant women
- If this diarrhea occurs after taking a type of medicine such as antibiotics
- If diarrhea occurs after returning from travel
- If diarrhea occurs with infants or children
the cure
Treatment depends mainly on the cause of diarrhea, where the doctor conducts a number of clinical and laboratory tests that help in the diagnosis and can use many drugs that help to reduce the excess movement of the bowel and therefore stop diarrhea.
Unbelievable beliefs
There are some other home remedies that are used to treat diarrhea and there are not enough studies on it including:
- Eat green olives
- Eat apples
- Eat garlic mashed
- Milk Raib
- Meromia or crumple
- pomegranate juice
- Cedar water boiled
- Corn syrup
- Carrot soup
- sweet potato
- Eating bananas
- Manga juice
Note
Diarrhea may be most of the time caused by a simple but at other times it may be caused by a disease that needs to visit the doctor and self examination if it lasts for more than 3 days, diarrhea in infants and children needs an immediate visit to the doctor or hospital because it may lead to drought that may lead to death, Home recipes with babies and children without consulting a doctor as they may increase the problem they have God forbid.