What causes diarrhea? What should people with frequent diarrhea pay attention to?

Diarrhea may be caused by eating a bad stomach or getting a cold, people who often have diarrhea should pay attention to dietary restraint and do not eat too spicy or too cold food.

[Introduction]: Diarrhea is a common gastrointestinal disease symptoms and pathologies, and there are many reasons for diarrhea. If you are a person with chronic diarrhea, you should be careful. Here's what causes long-term diarrhea.

What are the causes of frequent diarrhea?

1. Viral infection

After the human body is infected with a variety of viruses through food or other ways, it is easy to cause viral diarrhea, such as: after being infected with rotavirus, norovirus, coxsackievirus, echo and other viruses, symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever and general malaise appear.

2. Food poisoning

It is an acute toxic illness caused by eating food contaminated with bacteria and their toxins, or ingesting undercooked lentils. Spoiled food and polluted water sources are the main sources of infection, while unclean hands, utensils and infected flies are the main routes of transmission. Its characteristics are:

The patient presents with acute gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever.

3. Indigestion

In summer, eating irregularly, eating too much, eating indigestible food, or food retention in the stomach due to lack of gastric motility can cause symptoms such as bloating, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, acid reflux, heartburn, and belching (hiccups).

4. Bacterial infection

People may develop enteritis or bacillary dysentery after eating food contaminated with bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella, Shigella, etc., or drinking drinks contaminated with bacteria, and will have symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, tenesmus, and fever to varying degrees.

5. Travelers have diarrhea

Because travelers leave their familiar living environment and go to completely unfamiliar places, the whole body and sensitive digestive system will react and change accordingly.

6. Eat and drink

In summer, many people like to eat cold food and drink cold beer, which can lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction, accelerated intestinal peristalsis, and diarrhea.

7. Cold and diarrhea

In the hot summer, people like to stay in air-conditioned rooms or sleep with the air conditioner on, and the abdomen is easily cold, resulting in increased intestinal peristalsis and diarrhea.

1. Improper diet:

Eating too much, too oily, too cold, changing new foods frequently, or eating spoiled food contaminated with bacteria or toxins can easily cause diarrhea.

2. Bad stimulus:

Exposure to cold, excessive heat, poor mental mood, or excessive nervousness or fright can also cause diarrhea.

3. Allergic diarrhea:

Diarrhea caused by eating foods that are easy to cause allergies.

4. Others:

Such as non-specific ulcerative colitis, glycogenic diarrheal disease, etc.

1. Drink plenty of water

Patients with diarrhea have severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalances due to heavy bowel movements, and must be hydrated in large quantities. Rehydration salts containing sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and glucose and sodium citrate are ideal because they replenish lost glucose, minerals, and regulate potassium, sodium, electrolytes, and water acid-base balance.

While drinking plenty of water, it's a good idea to also drink more juice. For example, carrot juice, watermelon juice, apple juice, etc., fruit juice can not only replenish the body'Water is also a great supplement for essential vitamins for the body. At the same time, they are also effective in preventing diarrhea, provided of course if you don't drink too much.

2. Go with the flow

Many people like to have diarrhea with pectin, acidophilus, carob powder, barley, bananas, ruituyu cheese and all kinds of exotic foods. These things restrain the intestines and slow down their peristalsis. But in reality, it's just a matter of prolonging the amount of time the problem stays in the body, what you really need is to get rid of the substance that triggers diarrhea, and the best way is to get rid of it naturally.

3. Drink 3 bowls of rice soup every day

In the morning, it is best to be able to drink a bowl of rice soup. Not only can it improve our spirits for the day, but it is also able to effectively ** diarrhea. We insist on drinking three bowls of rice soup every day, which can not only effectively provide the nutrients needed by the body, but also have a very good effect in preventing diarrhea and diarrhea.

4. Take charcoal tablets

Take 4 charcoal tablets with water every hour until you get better. Use in the evening. Do not combine with other vitamins or medications.

5. Eat lightly

Bland, liquid foods such as chicken broth or other clear liquids should be consumed during diarrhea. Because during diarrhea, your intestines need to rest well. Once you're sure that the chicken broth is okay, you can gradually add easy-to-digest foods such as rice, yogurt (which contains beneficial bacteria), and lettuce to your diet while your symptoms improve.

6. Avoid the following foods

When you have diarrhea, the foods you need to avoid the most include beans, kale, etc. Other foods that contain a lot of carbohydrates that are not easily absorbed can also worsen diarrhea. These include fat, wheat and gluten-containing foods such as bread, noodles and other flour products, apples, pears, plums, corn, oats, potatoes, etc.