1 Clinical picture

Diarrhea, or diarrhea, is a pathological condition of the body, in which frequent urge to empty the intestines. The consistency of the stool becomes liquid, the volume of outgoing masses is about 200 g at a time. Diarrhea is accompanied by painful sensations in the lower abdomen of a spastic nature, rumbling, urgent urges and incontinence. The appearance of the disease is associated with a disorganization of the gastrointestinal tract due to a violation of the intestinal microflora. This state of the body occurs due to the impact of viral, bacterial infections on the stomach or food poisoning with food or drinks. There are several types of disorders: exudative, secretory, osmotic, motor, invasive, chronic and acute diarrhea. Treatment is possible with medicament and folk remedies.

3 Therapy of the disease

Treatment of diarrhea begins with the establishment of the causes of the onset of the disease, it occurs with the help of qualified specialists who determine how to treat diarrhea in a specific clinical case. First of all, it is necessary to stop diarrhea, which weakens the body and disrupts the work of the gastrointestinal tract, then restore the body's resources, prevent further development of the disease and the appearance of complications. You can drink from diarrhea Loperamide, Imodium, White coal or Enterosgel, if the attack began suddenly.

What to drink from diarrhea at home, if you do not have medicines at your fingertips? Useful pepper peas, based on the body weight can be taken with diarrhea broth chamomile, it will calm the spasms of the intestines and relieve the pain, you can eat a teaspoon chopped chicken stomach( in the form of powder).If diarrhea causes severe pain, rubbing in the lower abdomen, drink painkillers: No-shpa, Spazmalgon, Spazgan. These drugs will help to urgently stop diarrhea in 20-30 minutes, but this does not eliminate the cause of its appearance, so you should still be examined by a doctor. For this use the method of ultrasound and stool analysis.

After receiving the results of the analysis, treatment of diarrhea begins, a person is prescribed plenty of drink and a diet.

Abundant drink will help the body to compensate for the loss of water lost during the emptying of the intestine, and prevent dehydration. Doctors say that drinking with diarrhea requires about 2.5 liters of boiled water per day. Of the medicines, Regidron helps, it provides the process of rehydration in tissues and organs, restores the electrolyte balance in body fluids. Proper nutrition and diet will help to establish peristalsis of the intestine. With chronic diarrhea, the diet is based on cereals and cereals, it is necessary to have the presence of dairy products of medium fat content.

Fruits and vegetables rich in fiber are added to the diet, which have an enveloping effect on the intestinal walls and normalize its microflora. Food should be easily digested by the stomach and intestines. From drugs prescribe drugs that envelop the walls of the intestines - this is Enterosgel, bifidogoogurt, yogurt. With acute diarrhea, activated charcoal will help. He not only stops diarrhea, but also removes the intoxication of the body. Without fail, a person needs to undergo a course of antibiotic treatment for the destruction of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines, restoring therapy, t. Acute diarrhea causes colossal losses of nutrients to the intestinal microflora. Both acute and chronic diarrhea treatment have a long, after all, therapy is not only to eliminate symptoms, but also to restore the full functions of the human body.

What helps against diarrhea and prevents the development of complications? After diarrhea is stopped, it is necessary to take antibacterial drugs to eliminate the development of pathogenic bacteria in the intestine. For this take the pill Ftalazol, Furazolidon, Nifuroxazid, Entoban. Preparations destroy pathogenic infections and bacteria in the walls of the gastrointestinal tract and help in the regeneration of the walls of the thick and small intestine.

Preparations Enterosseptol, Meksaz and Mexzaform have a mild antibacterial effect on the intestinal walls, without irritating them, but, on the contrary, contributing to the restoration of normal microflora. Metronidazole, Norfloxacin and Ofloxacin are new generation antibiotics that fight viruses of various types and destroy pathogenic bacteria in the intestine. Treatment of diarrhea in adults with antibiotics lasts 3-9 days, depending on the causes of diarrhea, treatment of children takes 5 days or longer. In the process of antibiotic therapy and after it, the patient is prescribed drugs and agents that have an enveloping effect on the intestinal walls: lactic acid bacteria, yoghurts, Entererozermina, Hilak forte.

Than to treat a diarrhea, the doctor should define depending on parameters of analyzes and presence of accompanying diseases.

2 Types and causes of pathology

There are several types of diarrhea in pathogenesis and localization that develop in a specific area of ​​the intestine and cause various symptoms in humans.

1. Exudative diarrhea occurs in the presence of tuberculosis, ulcerative or ischemic colitis, Crohn's disease. Diarrhea begins with local inflammation of the large intestine. An organism's food with enzymes that passes through the walls of the intestine, in a particular inflamed place of the large intestine, causes the strongest irritation on the mucous membrane of its shell, the organism pushes the stimulus with the help of strong contractions of the intestine. In this case, there are impurities of mucus, pus and blood due to intestinal integrity disorders. Treatment of diarrhea in this case is a complete recovery of the intestinal microflora, which is about 7 m in a person.
2. Secretory secretion. Occurs in the small intestine of a person under the influence of viral infections and salmonella bacteria, in some cases secretory diarrhea causes tumors.
3. Osmotic diarrhea develops in the intestines under the influence of saline solutions of laxatives, with viral diseases, with parasitic effects on the walls of the small intestine. There are great losses of microflora, a huge amount of epithelium leaves.
4. Motor diarrhea occurs through the excitation of receptors under the influence of various irritants, which can be food, excessive secretion of bile in cholecystitis. It is most common in the elderly. With motor diarrhea there is a sharp urge to empty, often with incontinence.
5. Invasive diarrhea develops in the large intestine due to the invasion of microorganisms and dysentery and amoebiasis.

The development of acute or chronic diarrhea is influenced by certain factors. The disease occurs in bacterial infections of the intestine, which causes salmonellosis or dysentery, viral, parasitic infections, staphylococcus, and when toxic substances, alcohol enter the body, with the side effects of medications and with prolonged intake of antibiotics. The acute form of diarrhea is accompanied by severe pain in the lower abdomen, cuts, swelling, often incontinence and a very liquid, watery stool.

Chronic diarrhea develops in the human body with gastritis, pancreatitis, liver and gallbladder disease, with the violation of the small intestine: short bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease.

Diarrhea of ​​a chronic nature causes disturbances in the operation of the large intestine during polyposis, tumor processes, ulcerative and ischemic colitis, with Crohn's disease. Disorders in the endocrine system, such as diabetes, cause diarrhea. When chronic diarrhea develops irritable bowel syndrome, when the process of defecation occurs after each meal and is accompanied by painful sensations of a spastic nature in the first 2-3 minutes, after which the pain passes and the person does not feel any discomfort until the obvious causes of more serious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract appear.

4 Folk remedies

You can treat diarrhea with folk remedies, herbal decoctions, tinctures, and mixtures. The fountains of nature are so deep and perfect that they help the body to restore strength in the shortest possible time. Non-traditional recipes in the fight against diarrhea are divided into several types: stop diarrhea;agents that provide antiseptic action, and enveloping medications.

To folk remedies that stop diarrhea, include herbs of sage, chamomile, root of dog rose.

Tincture of herbs wormwood, St. John's wort and chamomile on alcohol in equal amounts will help stop diarrhea if you use the resulting mixture in drops in several doses per day.

A very good remedy for instant diarrhea stopping is black pepper whole. Accept it with the calculation of the mass of the human body.

To stop diarrhea with impurities of blood, bile and mucus use a decoction of the oak cortices and yarrow herbs.

Acute diarrhea ceases 30 minutes after the decoction of brown rice. A portion of steamed cereal must be eaten.

To antiseptic folk remedies include decoctions from the bark of oak, chamomile, St. John's wort, yarrow, althea root, which can be taken with diarrhea to eliminate pathogens in the intestines.

The decoction for the intestine is a decoction of flax seeds, crushed herb of milk thistle, bran, broth from oats, jelly from strawberries. Potato and its starch have enveloping and astringent action, so take these products with caution, so as not to get constipation in the future.

Folk remedies not only can stop diarrhea, but also restore the functions of the gastrointestinal tract.

5 Prevention of

In order to prevent diarrhea, it is necessary to monitor the diet. You can eat only fresh food. It is necessary to pay attention to the terms of their suitability, composition and manufacturer. The human diet should have a sufficient number of foods rich in fiber, vitamins A, E, B. Any doctor will say that drinking with diarrhea alcohol and carbonated drinks is contraindicated, so they must be excluded altogether.

An important factor in the prevention of diarrhea is the cleanliness and hygiene of the kitchen, dishes and food. Surfaces must be clean, food must be thoroughly processed before cooking. During cooking, keep the temperature for sufficient processing of the dishes.

Some medications may provoke diarrhea as a side effect, in which case self-medication is prohibited. What to take, the doctor will determine.