Diarrhea is diarrhea, and its common causes are: Although diarrhea is not a serious illness in the eyes of most people, its damage to the body should not be underestimated.

Even a so-called hero cannot stand up to three people.

Severe diarrhea can cause dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, which is life-threatening, especially for the elderly and children.

Indigestion, food poisoning, emotional stress, soy foods, pancreatic disease, cancer, laxatives, antacids, caffeine, parasites, colitis, viruses, germs or other microorganisms, drinking unclean water,

Diarrhea may be caused by eating spoiled food, food or chemical allergies, etc.

People with diarrhea must drink plenty of fluids, such as saline, carob tea, carrot juice and green drinks (containing chlorophyll).

If your condition doesn't get better or if you have blood in your stool, see your doctor.

An allergy test can be done to find out if you are allergic to certain foods.

Home treatment measures ●Drink more water. Diarrhea patients suffer from severe water shortage and electrolyte imbalance due to large amounts of defecation. At this time, they must replenish a large amount of water.

Rehydration salts containing sodium chloride, potassium chloride, glucose, and sodium citrate are ideal choices because they can replenish glucose and minerals lost in the body, and regulate potassium, sodium electrolytes, and water-acid-base balance; while carrot juice

, apple juice, watermelon juice, etc. can not only replenish water, but also supplement essential vitamins and are also good supplements.

They are all good remedies to prevent the body from dehydration and collapse due to diarrhea.

●Do not take medicine in a hurry. Unless it is diarrhea caused by viral or bacterial infection, or complications from severe diarrhea, ordinary diarrhea does not require medication, and its symptoms generally do not last more than 48 hours.

Therefore, do not use medicine to stop diarrhea for at least two days, because diarrhea is the body's way of eliminating toxins.

Today, doctors generally discourage the use of antidiarrheal agents when a patient has acute diarrhea, unless there is an urgent need to control the condition.

Otherwise, it may be more beneficial to let it drain and speed up recovery.

●Check the medicines used. Diarrhea may sometimes be related to the medicines you take, such as antacids to relieve heartburn.

Antacids are the drugs that most commonly cause diarrhea.

To avoid heartburn-related diarrhea, it is recommended to use an antacid containing only aluminum hydroxide.

In addition to antacids, antibiotics, quinidine, colchicine (anti-gout drugs) and other drugs may also cause diarrhea.

If you suspect that these or other drugs are causing you diarrhea, you should ask your doctor.

●Let nature take its course. Many people like to use pectin, acidophilus, carob powder, barley, banana, Swiss cheese and a variety of exotic foods to treat diarrhea.

These things can restrain the intestines and slow down their peristalsis.

But in fact, this just prolongs the time that the source of the problem stays in the body. What you really need is to expel the substances that cause diarrhea from the body. The best way is to let it go naturally.

●It is not advisable to stay away from the kitchen and cook for your family while having diarrhea until the symptoms subside.

Remember to wash your hands after using the toilet to avoid spreading germs to others.

Diet and nutritional therapy ●Drinking 3 bowls of rice soup every day is beneficial to the treatment of diarrhea.

Add 3 cups of water to half a cup of brown rice and cook for 45 minutes. After filtering, drink 3 bowls a day.

At the same time, eating rice can also help form stool and provide vitamin B.

●Take charcoal tablets 4 charcoal tablets with water every hour until the condition improves.

Use at night.

Never combine with other vitamins or medications.

●Light diet During diarrhea, you should eat light liquid food, such as chicken soup or other transparent liquids.

Because during diarrhea, your intestines need adequate rest.

After you are sure that chicken soup is okay, you can gradually add rice, yogurt (containing beneficial bacteria), lettuce and other easily digestible foods to your diet while your symptoms improve.

●Avoid the following foods When having diarrhea, the foods that need to be avoided most include beans, cabbage, etc.

Other foods containing large amounts of carbohydrates that are not easily absorbed can also worsen diarrhea.

These foods include fat, wheat and gluten-containing foods such as bread, noodles and other flour products, apples, pears, plums, corn, oats, potatoes, etc.

Avoid carbonated drinks, which contain gas that may make your diarrhea worse.

●Supplement minerals by taking kelp powder capsules, 5 capsules a day, or consume kelp soup to supplement minerals.

Take 100 mg of potassium daily to replace lost potassium.

● Use garlic to sterilize bacteria. You can eat a few garlic grains with three meals. It can prevent and treat bacterial diarrhea.

If you are unable or unwilling to eat raw garlic, you can take garlic capsules, 2 capsules each, 3 times a day, which can also kill bacteria (bacteria and parasites).

●Supplement essential nutrients ① Calcium plus vitamin D 1500 mg per day.

Replenish lost calcium and help form stool.

400iu vitamin D per day to help calcium absorption.

② Take digestive enzymes with meals.

Rich in pancreatic enzymes, which help aid digestion.

③ Magnesium 1000 mg per day.