What can I eat during the recovery period of diarrhea

It is said that people cannot avoid getting sick if they eat grains. In fact, it is not terrible to have abnormalities in the body. What is terrible is the failure to form a healthy lifestyle. For example, a person who has diarrhea is still desperately eating seafood, ice cream and other foods, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury. So from a health perspective, diarrhea is a very common thing. After having diarrhea, you should pay special attention to your daily diet, especially during the recovery period, and you should pay more attention to forming a scientific diet. So what should you eat more during this period?

What can I eat during the recovery period of diarrhea?

1First of all, you can eat some millet porridge, which warms the stomach, nourishes yin and replenishes deficiency, and is very nourishing. If you don’t like it, you can eat white porridge. Liquid porridge is better for the stomach.

2 Eat some apples appropriately, and avoid eating watermelons, pears and other cold fruits, which will aggravate diarrhea. It is best to steam or boil fruits for 1-2 minutes when eating them in winter. This can remove the coldness of the fruit.

3 Drinking red bean porridge or using red beans to make sweet soup can stop vomiting and diarrhea, and has a good effect on diarrhea caused by eating the wrong food.

4. Eat more tofu and soy milk. That kind of water tofu is not fried tofu. Tofu is good for the qi and stomach, and soy milk can clear away heat and detoxify, both of which can cure diarrhea.

5. It is recommended to use noodles and bread to replace staple foods, add some vegetables, and eat a light diet. Noodles are also rich in nutrients. It can soothe stomach acid and make digestion easier.

6Finally, don’t eat greasy food. Greasy food will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and cause more gastrointestinal discomfort.

How to treat

Both etiological treatment and symptomatic treatment are important. Before the cause of the disease is determined, painkillers and antidiarrheal drugs should be used with caution to avoid masking symptoms and causing misdiagnosis and delaying the disease.

1. Treatment of the cause

(1) Anti-infection treatment: Choose appropriate antibiotics based on the different causes.

(2) For others, for example, people with lactose intolerance should not consume dairy products, and adults with celiac disease should avoid wheat products. Chronic pancreatitis can supplement with a variety of digestive enzymes. In case of drug-related diarrhea, the relevant drug should be discontinued immediately.

2. Symptomatic treatment

(1) General treatment corrects water, electrolyte, acid-base imbalance and nutritional imbalance. Replenish fluids, vitamins, amino acids, fat emulsions and other nutrients as appropriate.

(2) Mucosal protective agents: dioctahedral montmorillonite, sucralfate, etc.

(3) Probiotics such as Bifidobacterium can regulate intestinal flora.

(4) Antidiarrheal drugs should be selected according to the specific situation.

(5) Other drugs such as 654-2, propantheline bromide, and atropine have antispasmodic effects, but should be used with caution in patients with glaucoma, prostatic hypertrophy, and severe inflammatory bowel disease.