Diarrhea is diarrhea. Severe diarrhea can cause dehydration, even life-threatening. Especially for the elderly and children, what about diarrhea? How can diarrhea get better quickly
General treatment
If it is difficult to correct the primary disease or no obvious primary factors have been found, the following general measures are beneficial to most patients.
1. Correct bad eating habits
Eat plenty of food.
Eat foods with high crude fiber content and form the habit of drinking more water.
Regular oral administration of a small amount of wheat bran (dietary fiber 25-30g / D, not suitable for the intestinal organic stenosis).
The amount of drinking water should be 3000ml per day.
2. Develop good living habits
Regular living, active participation in physical activities and optimistic mental state can also help improve the function of the digestive tract.
Second point:
Often eat big fish and meat, a little careless, it is easy to diarrhea. According to the characteristics of intestinal peristalsis, intestinal exudation and / or secretion, and intestinal flora disorder during diarrhea, antidiarrheal drugs can be roughly divided into several types: intestinal peristalsis inhibitors (such as compound phenethylpiperidine, Yimengting), astringent antidiarrheal agents (such as tannic protein, bismuth subcarbonate), mucosal protectants (such as Smecta), and microecological Liu (such as Peifeikang, jichangsheng), etc., in addition, activated carbon, etc It can absorb toxin, reduce the stimulation of intestinal mucosa, so it also has antidiarrheal effect.
In the treatment of diarrhea, the most important thing is to prescribe the right medicine. Diarrhea can be divided into infectious diarrhea and non infectious diarrhea. Infectious diarrhea is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and other pathogens, such as bacillary dysentery, bacterial food poisoning, viral enteritis, etc.; non infectious diarrhea is common in cold, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal dysfunction, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, uremia and other systemic diseases. Infectious diarrhea is a manifestation of self-protection of human body, which can excrete some toxins, which is beneficial to human body. If diarrhea is stopped blindly, it will be harmful to the prognosis of the disease. In principle, antidiarrheal drugs are only applicable to non infectious diarrhea, while infectious diarrhea is generally not used, especially in the acute stage, when inflammation and poisoning symptoms (such as high fever) are obvious, and there are more purulent stools, it should be regarded as the absolute taboo of antidiarrheal drugs; in the recovery stage, the condition is obviously improved, and there is no purulent stools, only when there is more water, antidiarrheal drugs can also be taken for a short time.
Secondly, we should pay attention to the different pathogenesis and medication. If it is caused by the increase of intestinal peristalsis, such as hyperthyroidism, diabetes, gastrointestinal dysfunction, etc., the first choice of intestinal peristalsis inhibitor should be to extend the retention time of intestinal contents, which is conducive to water absorption and diarrhea. If it is caused by the increase of intestinal mucosal secretion, such as cholera, bacterial food poisoning, etc., convergence agent and adsorbent can be selected to inhibit the secretion of intestinal mucosa and absorb harmful toxins The element has the effect of stopping diarrhea. If it is diarrhea caused by increased exudation due to mucositis and ulcers, mucosal protectors can be selected to protect the mucosa and remove bacteria, viruses and toxins. Microecological preparation should be the first choice for infant diarrhea and antibiotic related diarrhea caused by intestinal flora. It can adjust gastrointestinal function and stop diarrhea by supplementing intestinal probiotics and restoring intestinal microecological balance. Some diarrhea is not caused by a single factor, it is appropriate to use combination drugs as appropriate.
The third point: antidiarrhea is only a kind of symptomatic treatment, the treatment of etiology is fundamental. Therefore, at the same time, do not neglect the treatment of primary disease. If it is infectious diarrhea, we should choose sensitive antibiotics to control the infection; if it is caused by dyspepsia, we should start with diet; if it is caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, we can choose drugs and sedatives to regulate the function of autonomic nerves, etc.
Taking too much antidiarrheal can cause abdominal distension, constipation and pseudo ileus. Taking antidiarrheal for infectious diarrhea can cover up the disease and affect the diagnosis of doctors. Taking antidiarrheal agents for patients with bacillary dysentery often affects the intestinal excretion of bacteria and toxins, aggravating toxic blood symptoms and prolonging the course of disease. Antidiarrheal agent can induce toxic megacolon and intestinal perforation in acute stage of ulcerative colitis. In addition, compound phenethylpiperidine, codeine and other narcotic ingredients, long-term use can be addictive, so it should be used with caution.