Can I drink ice water if I have diarrhea?

Every time I drink ice water, I get diarrhea. Some people say it may be caused by gastrointestinal sensitivity, while others say it is caused by diseases such as intestinal inflammation. Regardless of the reason, drinking ice water is not good for the human body. In particular, ice water can cause great irritation to the gastrointestinal tract, causing the gastrointestinal muscles to contract and accelerate, thereby aggravating diarrhea. Next, we will mainly introduce in detail whether you can drink ice water when you have diarrhea.

Regarding whether you can drink ice water when you have diarrhea, experts do not recommend it. Because drinking cold water affects the digestive system, over thousands of years humans have gradually become accustomed to eating cooked food and drinking hot water. The digestive juices secreted by the digestive system can only work when the temperature of the food is similar to body temperature. Otherwise, the food can only be semi-decomposed or not decomposed, and thus cannot be fully absorbed or not absorbed. Therefore, diarrhea occurs. Drinking cold water is not good for the human body.

2. Suggestion: Try not to eat raw, cold, or irritating food. Drink more stomach-nourishing soups. For example:

1. Longan, jujube and yam soup: 12 red dates, about 300 grams of yam, 2 tablespoons of longan meat, and 1/2 cup of sugar. Soak the red dates until soft, peel and dice the yam, put them all into clean water and bring to a boil. Cook until soft, then add longan meat and sugar for seasoning. When the longan pulp has been cooked until it is loose, you can turn off the heat and serve.

2. Radish and mutton soup: 750 grams of mutton belly, 500 grams of white radish, and appropriate amounts of coriander, salt, chicken essence, cooking wine, onion, ginger, and pepper. Wash the mutton and cut into thick strips. Wash the white radish and cut into strips. Light a wok and pour in some oil. Add ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in boiling water. Add salt, chicken essence, cooking wine and pepper to season. After the water boils, put in the mutton and cook until done. Then add the white radish. Turn to low heat and cook until the radish is cooked. Sprinkle with shredded green onion and coriander leaves before serving.

3. Chicken stewed with ginseng, Astragalus and Hericium erinaceus. Function: Tonify Qi, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach.

Ingredients: 100 grams of Hericium erinaceus, 1 hen (about 750 grams), 10 grams each of astragalus, codonopsis, and jujube, and appropriate amounts of ginger slices, scallion knots, Shaoxing wine, clear soup, and starch.

Preparation method: Wash the Hericium erinaceus and remove the stems. After it swells, squeeze out the remaining water in the mushroom to remove the bitterness, and then cut into 2 mm thick slices for later use. Remove the hen's head and feet, chop it into cubes, put it into a stewing pot, add ginger slices, scallion knots, Shaoxing wine, and clear soup, top with Hericium erinaceus slices and soaked and washed astragalus, Codonopsis pilosula, and jujube. Simmer over low heat until the meat is cooked through, then season to taste.

Through the above introduction on whether you can drink ice water when you have diarrhea, I believe everyone has a certain understanding. Diarrhea may be caused by other diseases, and there are many causes. It is recommended that you pay more attention to keeping warm and drinking hot water in your daily life. If the diarrhea is serious, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment.