Intestinal cramps and diarrhea

Generally, we all experience intestinal colic and diarrhea. This is most likely due to diarrhea. There are many causes of diarrhea, generally food poisoning, bacterial infection and so on. Generally, there are two types of diarrhea: acute diarrhea and chronic diarrhea. Both types can cause intestinal cramps and diarrhea, but the treatments are different. You can judge based on the length of time.

1. Acute diarrhea

The onset is acute, and the course of the disease is within 2 to 3 weeks. It can be divided into watery diarrhea and dysentery-like diarrhea. The former does not contain blood or pus in the stool, may not be accompanied by tenesmus, and the abdominal pain is relatively mild; the latter has bloody and purulent stools, often accompanied by tenesmus and abdominal cramps. Infectious diarrhea is often accompanied by abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and fever. Small intestine infection is often watery diarrhea, and large intestine infection is often bloody stool.

2.

The frequency of bowel movements increases, with more than 3 bowel movements per day, loose or unformed stools, a water content of more than 85% in the stool, sometimes accompanied by mucus, pus and blood, and recurrent diarrhea that lasts for more than two months, or has an intermittent period of 2 to 4 weeks. Patients with lesions located in the rectum and/or sigmoid colon often have tenesmus, small bowel movements each time, and sometimes only a small amount of gas and mucus. The stool is darker pink and mostly sticky and may be mixed with blood. The abdominal discomfort is located on both sides of the abdomen or in the lower abdomen. The characteristics of diarrhea caused by small intestinal lesions are abdominal discomfort mostly located around the navel, which worsens after meals or before defecation, without tenesmus, and the stool is unformed, liquid, lighter in color, and larger in volume. In patients with chronic pancreatitis and small intestinal malabsorption, oil droplets, foam, food residues and a foul odor may be seen in the stool. Diarrhea caused by diseases such as schistosomiasis, chronic dysentery, colorectal cancer, and ulcerative colitis often contains pus and blood in the stool. Irritable bowel syndrome and intestinal tuberculosis often have alternating diarrhea and constipation. Depending on the cause, it may be accompanied by symptoms such as abdominal pain, fever, weight loss, and abdominal mass.

What to eat when you have diarrhea

1. Eat fruit

You can eat some fruits as an auxiliary treatment for diarrhea, but not all fruits can be eaten. You can eat apples, pomegranates, etc. if you have diarrhea; you cannot eat pears, watermelons, bananas, etc. if you have diarrhea. Cut the apple into small pieces with the skin and core, boil them in water for 3 to 5 minutes, and eat them after they are warm. It should be noted that when eating cooked apples, it is not advisable to add sucrose for seasoning, because sucrose may aggravate diarrhea.

2. Drink porridge

If you have diarrhea, you can drink some white porridge with salt, but it is recommended not to add meat. Meat porridge will also increase the burden on the stomach and intestines. Although the pain will be relieved after defecation, the stomach and intestines will have varying degrees of edema due to inflammation. If you eat meat dishes, it will aggravate the condition. Therefore, within two to three days after diarrhea, the diet should be light. You may as well drink some white porridge with a little salt.

3. Eat pasta

If you have diarrhea, you need to eat some food that is easier to digest. Pasta is a good choice. Noodles are rich in nutrients and are relatively easy to digest and absorb, so eating noodles is a good choice for people with diarrhea. However, for people with diarrhea, the noodles they eat should not be too greasy, as too greasy noodles will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines.