What to do if you have diarrhea and feel weak

Today's society is an era of material development. Many people have become picky about food, eating more meat and less vegetables, or not eating vegetables at all. This is a very bad eating habit, which will lead to a decrease in probiotics in the human body, especially a large decrease in beneficial intestinal bacteria, and therefore often cause some intestinal diseases. In addition, frequent overeating or eating unclean food in life will cause intestinal problems and cause diarrhea. Although diarrhea is not a very serious disease, we cannot ignore it, because diarrhea can cause weakness at the mildest, and damage physical health and affect work and life at the worst. What should you do if you have diarrhea and feel weak?

Causes of diarrhea:

Diarrhea may be caused by indigestion, food poisoning, emotional stress, soy products, pancreatic disease, cancer, laxatives, antacids, caffeine, parasites, colitis, viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, drinking unclean water, eating spoiled food, food or chemical allergies, etc.

How to treat:

Steps/Methods:

1First point: It is recommended that a glass of hot milk before going to bed can help improve insomnia.

General treatment:

When the primary disease is difficult to correct for the time being or no obvious primary factors have been found, the following general measures are beneficial to most patients.

1. Correct bad eating habits

Eat enough food.

Eat more foods high in crude fiber and develop the habit of drinking more water.

Take a small amount of wheat bran orally at regular intervals (25-30 g of dietary fiber per day, not suitable for those with organic intestinal stenosis).

2. Develop good living habits

Maintaining a regular daily routine, actively participating in physical activities, and maintaining an optimistic mental state can also help improve the function of the digestive tract.

Second point:

If you eat a lot of meat and fish regularly, you may get diarrhea easily if you are not careful. In view of the characteristics of diarrhea, such as increased intestinal motility, increased intestinal mucosal exudation and/or secretion, and intestinal flora imbalance, antidiarrheal drugs are roughly divided into several types, such as intestinal motility inhibitors (such as compound phenoxylate and Imodium), astringent antidiarrheal agents (such as tannic acid protein and bismuth subcarbonate), mucosal protectants (such as Smecta), and microecological agents (such as Bifico and Zhengchangsheng). In addition, adsorbents such as activated carbon can absorb toxins and reduce irritation to the intestinal mucosa, and thus also have an antidiarrheal effect.

The most important thing in treating diarrhea is to prescribe the right medicine for the disease. Diarrhea can be divided into infectious and non-infectious. Infectious diarrhea is caused by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, such as bacillary dysentery, bacterial food poisoning, viral enteritis, etc. Non-infectious diarrhea is common in colds, indigestion, gastrointestinal dysfunction, and systemic diseases such as hyperthyroidism, diabetes, and uremia. Infectious diarrhea is a manifestation of the body's self-protection. It can excrete some toxins, which is beneficial to the human body. If you blindly stop diarrhea, it will be detrimental to the outcome of the disease. In principle, antidiarrheal drugs are only suitable for non-infectious diarrhea and are generally not used for infectious diarrhea, especially in the acute phase, when symptoms of inflammation and poisoning (such as high fever) are more obvious and there is a lot of blood and pus in the stool. Antidiarrheal drugs should be considered an absolute contraindication. In the recovery phase, when the condition has improved significantly and the stool does not contain pus and blood but only has a lot of water, antidiarrheal drugs can be taken for a short period of time.

Secondly, we should pay attention to the different pathogenesis and different medications. If the diarrhea is caused by increased intestinal motility, such as hyperthyroidism, diabetes, gastrointestinal dysfunction, etc., intestinal motility inhibitors should be used first to prolong the retention time of intestinal contents, facilitate water absorption and stop diarrhea. If the diarrhea is caused by increased intestinal mucosal secretions, such as cholera, bacterial food poisoning, etc., astringents and adsorbents can be selected to stop diarrhea by inhibiting intestinal mucosal secretions and absorbing harmful toxins. If the diarrhea is caused by increased exudation due to mucosal inflammation and ulcers, you can choose a mucosal protectant to protect the mucosa and eliminate bacteria, viruses and toxins. For infant diarrhea and antibiotic-associated diarrhea caused by intestinal flora, probiotic preparations should be the first choice. By supplementing intestinal probiotics, the balance of intestinal microecology can be restored, which can adjust gastrointestinal function and stop diarrhea. Some diarrhea is not caused by a single factor, so it is advisable to use combined medications as appropriate.

Third point:

Antidiarrhea is only a symptomatic treatment, and treatment of the cause is the fundamental solution. Therefore, while stopping diarrhea and replenishing fluids, do not neglect the treatment of the primary disease. If it is infectious diarrhea, sensitive antibiotics should be used to control the infection; if it is caused by indigestion, you should start with adjusting your diet; if it is caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, you can choose drugs that regulate autonomic nervous function and sedatives, etc.

Overdose of antidiarrheal drugs can cause abdominal distension. constipate. Pseudo-obstruction. Taking antidiarrheal drugs for infectious diarrhea can mask the condition and affect the doctor's diagnosis. Patients with bacillary dysentery who take antidiarrheal drugs often have their excretion of bacteria and toxins affected by the intestines, aggravating the symptoms of septicemia and prolonging the course of the disease. The use of antidiarrheal drugs in the acute phase of ulcerative colitis can induce toxic megacolon and intestinal perforation. In addition, compound phenethylpiperidin. Drugs such as codeine contain anesthetic ingredients and can cause addiction if taken for a long time, so they must be used with caution.