1 Symptoms of diarrhea

To begin treatment of diarrhea at home, you need to know clearly that the disorder of the intestine is not infectious in nature and that it did not arise due to the entry into the body of pathogenic pathogens. With diarrhea of ​​a bacterial nature, the symptoms can be as follows:

• vomiting and nausea;
• pain syndromes in the stomach and intestines;
• frequent stool - up to 30 or more times a day;
• slight fever, weakness.

2 Causes of diarrhea

In addition to the infectious cause, the cause of diarrhea can become chronic diseases. This phenomenon is called irritable bowel syndrome. A classic infectious disease can be called a cholera. It occurs when you use contaminated water and food. Most often, this ailment occurs in people who do not follow the rules of hygiene.

In case of viral infections, diarrhea can also occur. It can be provoked by rotaviruses and enteroviruses. If a person is diagnosed with pancreatic disease, diarrhea can also occur, but there will be no diarrhea. Diarrhea in this case occurs in a couple of hours after a person ate something, and a watery stool with pancreatic insufficiency can not be. In rare cases, autoimmune diseases, gastrointestinal bleeding, drugs, anomalies of an innate nature lead to diarrhea. Most often diarrhea occurs due to poisoning and infections, poisoning occurs when consuming poor-quality products, and infections enter the body with food and water that is infected with parasites or bacteria.

3 When urgent medical assistance is required for

There are situations when treatment of diarrhea at home is unacceptable and can lead to very serious consequences, up to a lethal outcome. Do not give up calling an ambulance doctor, for fear that he will take you to an infectious disease hospital, if the doctor decides, this is the only right decision, in which he will save your health, and perhaps life. If you have a banal poisoning, then no one will hospitalize you, and you will be treated at home, so in critical cases you need to call an ambulance. The most dangerous symptoms are the following:

1. Diarrhea is severe, very many times a day, vomiting, severe dehydration of the patient, facial features are pointed, the temperature is low, the person is very weak.
2. Rapid development of pallor of the skin, lowering of arterial pressure, pulse weak and frequent. If the stool becomes dark, then there may be an intestinal bleeding, but if vomiting resembles the color of the coffee grounds, then the bleeding is likely in the stomach.
3. If the patient complains of severe pain, it can speak of an acute attack of pancreatitis.

These symptoms should attract the attention of family and loved ones, and all attempts at treating diarrhea at home should be stopped and an "ambulance" called.

4 Treatment at home

In the first hours to combat the manifestations of diarrhea and vomiting is inexpedient, because in this way the body is trying to get rid of microbes and toxins. Do not also take pain medication, because they can distort the picture, and you can miss the moment when urgent medical help is needed. To relieve the symptoms of dehydration, one must drink plenty of fluids, and after each act of defecation take Regidron's powder.

How to quickly get rid of diarrhea with the help of rice, many know. This is the most common and affordable way. Rice broth quite quickly helps to eliminate diarrhea and excels at correct formation of fecal masses. In this case, rice absorbs excess moisture. In addition, rice - a fairly nutritious product, and during diarrhea the body loses its strength and it is necessary to replenish them. However, do not eat too much rice - this is rough food, and during the diarrhea should not be abused. But rice decoction is quite another matter. To make it, you need to soak a couple of spoons of rice in cold water( 0.5 liters).Half an hour later the mixture can be put on fire and cook, occasionally stirring, for 40 minutes. Then drain the broth, cool and take 3 tablespoons every 3 hours.

Bird cherry has long been used to treat diarrhea, because it has an astringent property. To prepare medicinal potions, the bark of the plant and its flowers are used. But with bird cherry it is worth to be extremely cautious: in its composition there are glycosides, which after cleavage form a hydrocyanic acid. Therefore, it is prohibited to use it in large quantities! If you still decide to treat diarrhea diarrhea, it is very important to strictly follow the dosage and with the slightest changes in the condition, you must immediately cancel the taking of the remedy. Pregnant and lactating women can not be treated. To prepare a bird cherry, you need to pour 2 tablespoons of bird cherry half a liter of boiling water and put in a water bath for half an hour. Then insist 15 minutes, strain and drink 2 teaspoons every 2 hours.

Infusion of the bark of oak also removes diarrheal manifestations well. To prepare the infusion, you will need a tablespoon of bark and a glass of boiling water. Insist bark of oak should be about an hour, then the product must be filtered and taken on a tablespoon 4-5 times a day.

You can prepare a decoction of the roots of a medicinal hemorrhage. Grind the root and 2 tablespoons pour a glass of boiling water. Put it on the fire for 20 minutes. After filter, cool and take on a tablespoon several times a day before eating.

Dried blueberries have unique properties. When you use fresh berries you can treat constipation, but brewing berries dry - treat diarrhea. A tablespoon of dry berries pour two cups of boiling water and cook for half an hour, you can drink like tea.

Treat pomegranate diarrhea with caution. This remedy can not be used in nephritis, anal fissures, hepatitis, because it can provoke internal bleeding. However, if you do not have contraindications to this remedy, I must say that the pomegranate cakes have very strong antioxidant properties, with their help you can even get rid of the dysentery rod. Dry pomegranate crusts should be cleaned from white pulp, cut into small pieces, take a tablespoon and pour a glass of boiling water, cook over low heat for half an hour and drink no more than 3 times a day - in the morning, at lunch and in the evening in a teaspoonful.

5 Folk remedies

How to get rid of diarrhea at home with the help of folk remedies, in principle, it is understandable, but there are times when broths and tinctures are not enough. For example, from the intestinal infection completely cure only folk remedies will not work. You will have to drink intestinal antiseptics, for example, Furagin, Entrofuril or Loperamide.

If diarrhea does not go away, despite all your efforts, you can try indomethacin. This drug reduces the amount of water in the lumen of the intestine, that is, the urge will be less. To remove toxins from the body, it is necessary to use enterosorbents - Smecta, Lignin, SUMS, if this is not at hand, you can drink activated charcoal, but not less than 10 tablets at a time. To cure dysbacteriosis, it is recommended to take Bifidumbacterin, Bactisubtil, Linex.

If diarrhea is caused by an enzymatic pancreatic insufficiency, then after the end of diarrhea it is recommended to drink a course of Festal, Pancreatin, Creon or Enzistal. The course of treatment is prescribed by a doctor, as a rule, it does not exceed 10 days.

To get rid of diarrhea, it is necessary to organize proper nutrition. During diarrhea, the mucous membrane of the intestine and stomach should be spared, taking into account the mechanical, chemical and thermal components of cooking. It should be warm, wiped and not contain chemical additives, so the manifestations of pain and discomfort will be significantly reduced. It is better to eat porridges, soups, mashed potatoes and other food of semi-liquid and mushy consistency.