1 Common causes of

The most common causes of diarrhea:

• food poisoning;
• viral or bacterial infections;
• is a nervous state.

Some drinks can cause diarrhea, such as coffee. A cup of aromatic coffee, soaked on an empty stomach, can cause indigestion. This is due to the content in this fragrant drink of caffeine, which stimulates the intestinal peristalsis and can cause a short-term disorder. Especially it concerns those women who have a low acidity of the stomach. Coffee during pregnancy can drink only a very weak concentration.

Pregnant women are very sensitive, emotionally perceived by anyone, even the usual earlier event. This is due to hormonal changes in the body during pregnancy. Therefore, sometimes a scheduled visit to a doctor for examination or ultrasound may cause indigestion, up to three times in a short period of time. After the situation, perceived by the body as stressful, resolved, unpleasant symptoms disappear without drug treatment.

Diarrhea in early pregnancy can arise due to unusual culinary preferences, the use of incompatible products.

Diarrhea during pregnancy can be not only because of the restructuring of the body. Unfortunately, pregnant women are at risk of infection with viruses or bacteria that can cause interruption of pregnancy and directly endanger the health of both the woman and the unborn baby.

2 Viruses and bacteria

If diarrhea does not go away after a few days, and symptoms such as vomiting, severe stomach pain, weakness, high fever are added, it is necessary to go to the doctor immediately, because it most likely indicates apresence in the body of a bacterium or a virus.

The most common infection that can cause diarrhea is E. coli, it can enter the body with food, water, etc. Some subspecies of intestinal infection can cause serious complications, so treatment is most likely needed in-patient. To avoid this, you need to carefully monitor hygiene, wash your hands after visiting public places, buy quality food and drink clean water.

At the beginning of pregnancy and throughout the term, only personal hygiene and cosmetic products should be used. Very few people know, but on the usual lipstick can remain a number of bacteria, such as E. coli or Staphylococcus aureus. Getting into the oily environment of lip glosses, the bacteria multiply very quickly and when they get on the mucous membrane of the body they calmly move inside, causing diarrhea, vomiting and accompanying symptoms. Alluring samplers on supermarket shelves or a beautiful girlfriend's lipstick should be banned during pregnancy, as the minute pleasure from using cosmetics can lead to serious health problems. We should not forget that the treatment of a simple infection during pregnancy is very difficult, since many drugs are contraindicated for future mothers.

Water of poor quality can cause diarrhea to open in the early stages of pregnancy. Pregnant women, especially during the hot season, are thirsty, so they never part with a bottle of clean water. Nothing wrong with that, if the water is really clean. You can not drink tap water, even the one that passed the filtration. Frost also does not affect the bacteria in any way. During early pregnancy, it is better to drink water from proven manufacturers, water for baby food, which undergoes a more serious check before it reaches the supermarket shelf, is good. Good boiling water will also help kill all pathogenic microorganisms in it.

3 Medications

At the beginning of pregnancy, a future mother may face such a problem as constipation. Taking laxatives can also cause diarrhea. With uncontrolled use of such funds, dehydration of the body may occur, which is fraught with complications for both mother and child.

To avoid problems with stools during pregnancy, you should if possible adhere to the correct diet. If unpleasant symptoms occur, you need to see a doctor, as self-medication can only aggravate the situation.

Many drugs aimed at treating kidneys, digestive tract, gynecological diseases, are categorically contraindicated during pregnancy. This is especially true of antibiotics, which can cause prolonged indigestion not only in a pregnant woman, but also in a baby. Diarrhea during pregnancy in the early stages, like other unpleasant consequences after self-medication medications, is very dangerous, since it is in the first trimester that all important organs form in a small man, and any negative influences can prevent the correct development of a tiny organism. In the future, a child can be born with dysbiosis, have intolerance to many products.

4 Combination of incongruous

Some products that often like to eat women in an interesting position, do not fit together enough, causing an intestinal disorder in pregnancy. Such products include:

• dairy products in combination with salted fish;
• green mint tea and black chocolate;
• hot dumplings( khinkali, manti) with vinegar;
• dressing for salad based on olive oil and lemon;
• chocolate in combination with a banana;
• coffee drinks in combination with nut-containing products.

5 Methods of Traditional Medicine

If diarrhea occurs, consult a doctor to determine the cause of the stomach disorder. If this condition is not caused by a dangerous infection( Escherichia coli, salmonella, dysentery, typhoid fever, etc.), then you can try to eliminate diarrhea with safe folk remedies. From such safe means it is possible to allocate phytotherapy.

Diarrhea in early pregnancy is treated with teas, which consist of herbal remedies. Not all of them are safe during pregnancy, so you should carefully read the contraindications in the instructions.

To safe herbs that favorably affect the work of the gastrointestinal tract, you can refer:

• chamomile;
• St. John's wort flowers;
• flowers of marigold;
• leaves of strawberry;
• thyme;
• root of the ayr;
• oak bark;
• leaves of plantain;
• mint;
• motherwort.

Some of these herbs( eg chamomile) have minimal allergic effect. Teas with these flowers contribute to the normal functioning of the stomach, intestines. Chamomile can be brewed and drunk before pregnancy, during and after childbirth during breastfeeding.

Previously, for the elimination of diarrhea in early pregnancy, used various infusions and decoctions, which contributed to the strengthening of the stool:

• rice decoction;
• jelly or starch, dissolved in water;
• infusion of ground pomegranate peel;
• infusion of blackberry leaves.

To restore the intestine, it may take a while, during which it will be necessary to adhere to a special diet, perhaps to make one day of starvation for a complete cleansing of the body.

6 Drug therapy

The risk of diarrhea, both at early and later stages of pregnancy, is that during abundant and frequent stools, the intestinal motility increases, which is fraught with an increase in the tone of the uterus and can lead to the termination of pregnancy. You can try to learn about the nature of diarrhea with the help of the color of feces. A natural yellowish color indicates an increased intestinal peristalsis, which can be caused by severe food or nervous overexcitation. This is not dangerous, you can get rid of such diarrhea with activated charcoal, Enterosgel, etc.

Diarrhea in pregnancy green is caused most often by the presence of an infection or a virus in the body, for example, salmonellosis. Such diarrhea needs immediate treatment from a specialist.

Black fever may be the result of taking some drugs to increase hemoglobin levels, which are often prescribed to pregnant women. Some food, for example, blood sausage or liver, can stain feces in a dark color. Sometimes black feces with diarrhea in combination with acute pain in the stomach may indicate internal bleeding, which requires urgent hospitalization.

Feces of light yellow color may indicate a violation of the gallbladder. Sometimes this can indicate the presence of viral hepatitis in the body.

The presence of blood in the stool with diarrhea can indicate hemorrhoids - a frequent companion of pregnant women. In addition, blood in stool can indicate the emergence of a very dangerous disease - oncology.

Mucus in feces may indicate inflammation of the intestine, ulcers, Crohn's disease.

White-colored diarrhea in pregnancy can indicate the presence of helminths in the body and a dangerous disease - cholera.

In the early stages of pregnancy, in the first trimester, the majority of medications, including diarrhea, are contraindicated. The indication is only a threat to the life and health of a pregnant woman.

From the safe, one can distinguish Smecta, Activated Carbon, Kaopectat, Enterodez, Polyphepan, Regidron, probiotics.

Do not self-medicate, as a pregnant woman is responsible not only for her health, but also for the health of the child.

Diarrhea itself is not a disease, but a symptom of a malfunction in the body or a dangerous infection. Attentive to your health during pregnancy planning and in the early stages will be an excellent foundation for a favorable gestation of the fetus and good health of the newborn in the future.