Is Diarrhea...Good? - Gastroenteritis Explained (Causes and Treatment)
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- Diarrhea and loose bowel motions that develop within 24 hours after eating something dodgy are most commonly caused by an infection (also called acute gastroenteritis). Diarrhea is both good and bad: loose bowel motions help excrete the infection along with any potential toxins. However there is a downside - your body loses a lot of water and electrolytes in the process. Dehydration is a common complication of infectious gastroenteritis.
The most important treatment for gastroenteritis is rehydration: replacement of both water and electrolytes. For mild cases of diarrhea, fruit juices and sports drinks can be sufficient. You can even make electrolytes replacement drinks at home by mixing 500ml of water, half a tablespoon of salt, 2 to 4 tablespoons of sugar or hone and 250ml of orange juice. But for more serious diarrhea, you may need to buy oral rehydration solutions.
A slow and steady approach to re-introducing foods is the best approach. Initially, the best foods to re-introduce are those that are easy to digest. These include starchy foods like noodles, rice or pototatoes, soups, fruits and vegetables. It's a good idea to avoid high fat foods because these can be difficult to digest. Also, it is common to get a brief period of lactose intolerance after gastroenteritis, so it's a good idea to avoid to temporarily avoid dairy.
Anti diarrhea medications (eg. Loperamide) are effective for reducing the frequency of motions, but they need to be used cautiously. If used continuously, these medications may prevent excretion of the infection and lead to fluid build up in the intestines.
In research studies, {robiotics were associated with a modest reduction in the duration of diarrhea, with an average reduction of 25 hours. Probiotics are worth considering if you would like to reduce the duration of gastro as much as possible.
In healthy adults and children, gastroenteritis resolves by itself in 4 to 7 days once the immune system has cleared the infection. So antibiotics are not used routinely. However if you have severe gastroenteritis or see blood mixed in with diarrhea, then antibiotics can be helpful.
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Timestamps
0:40 What causes diarrhea
1:26 How long it takes for diarrhea to resolve
1:49 Treatment for diarrhea - Rehydration
2:25 What foods to eat during an episode of gastro
2:59 Anti-diarrhea medications
3:16 Probiotics for gastro
3:44 Antibiotics in the treatment of gastro
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2017 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diarrhea: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?t...
Probiotics for treating Acute Infectious Diarrhea (Cochrane Review): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?t...
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Once I have bloody diarrhea, my medical prescription also has Zinc besides what you've mentioned. So what can Zinc help in this situation? Should I take zinc every time I have diarrhea?
Great question Duy! There is definitely a role for Zinc in the treatment of Gastroenteritis, but only in specific situations.
For children who live in areas where the risk of malnutrition and zinc deficiency is high (eg low to middle income countries), Zinc has been shown to decrease the duration of diarrhea by about a day. We don't know exactly how Zinc helps in gastroenteritis, but it is thought that Zinc may help with restoring the lining of the intestine and may help with immune function.
However, there are some caveats:
1. Even though Zinc reduces the duration of diarrhea, it increases the risk of vomiting
2. Zinc has only been tested in children, so we don't know whether it is also helpful in adults
3. In high-income countries where zinc deficiency is rare, zinc is not recommended because no benefit is expected
It sounds like you had quite a severe case of bloody diarrhea, so your doctor probably prescribed Zinc to help you recover as quickly as possible. Assuming that you are an adult and are well nourished (ie you get enough Zinc in your diet), you probably don't need Zinc every time you have diarrhea. However it is always best to check with your doctor to get medical advice specific to your situation.
If you would like to read further about the role of Zinc, here is a great summary of the research: www.cochrane.org/CD005436/INFECTN_oral-zinc-supplementation-treating-diarrhoea-children
Thanks again for a great question! :D
@@DocUnlock Great answer, too! Thanks for the video as well. Possibly the best analysis on vomiting and diarrhea that is real to me in my life! Thanks again.
@@DocUnlock thanks for the video.
My son is 6.5 yrs old and having bloody diarrhea with white mucus.
He went for washroom for around 25 times in 24 hours, had fever which was gone after 1 dose of paracip. Didnt slept whole night. while sleeping leaking diarrhoea with blood.
We took him to doc he admitted him n gave him iv.
After a day diarhea seems fine he went washroom for 8 times(still blood n mucus in stool) n 3 good pee count.
Doc has prescribed zinc, pain meds(though he dont have pain, only pains just before passing stool) and ofm ds, probiotic sachet . when will it get better? When will this blood go? When i updated his doctor about again blood in diarrhea he asked to add zantac syrup.
He is taking ORS, coconut water, curd, dal, rice, banana and plain water only. Can i add anything else in his diet? Please please help.
@@radhikarakeshsoni3212 I see it's been 6 days since you commented. How is your son doing now? Did the diarrhea stop?
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Who else is sitting on the toilet while watching this😂😂
Me😂
U know it 🤣
me.
god I hate diarrhea... I'm at my friend's house too 😫😩😭
@@pickles7168 dang get better dude and good luck
Every few hours? I wish, I’ve been every 10-15 minutes for 5 days straight now, barely any sleep. Pray for me, and my stomach
Recovered?
Andy James Yes finally pal! Ended yesterday morning
Every 10-15 lucky I’m going to the bathroom every now and then every 2-5 mins I could barely sleep yesterday ugh I hate this 😩😣
Same me
Cholera?
I’m so glad I’m not watching this on the toilet. Drop an F for everyone who came to watch this video while having diarrhea
Meeeeeee
F
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Sitting on the toilet at 3am. Whoever is reading this, you'll get through it too.
lol I searched "diarrhea at 3 am" for jokes then I see your comment
5am for me...
Thanks, man.
❤️👊🏼
2am right here m8...
Watching this as I'm blowing my bowels out. Thanks man.
Same lol
Same lol
Same
same man
Same I’m dying😭😣
I was told many times that dairy should be avoided when one has diarrhea because "it makes it worse". Now I know why. Thanks DocUnlock!
Thank you for watching! Glad you learned something :D
Bruh I have dirarrah rn and I drink and entire cup of milk
Dairy as well as sugars and processed foods.
yes sir
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Anxiety can also cause diarrhea. This kind comes out of the blue and is resolved within 1 hour. I unfortunately suffer from that. :(
I didn’t know this, I have anxiety and get diarrhea every once and a while and never knew why, this helped
Oh yeah anxiety sure can, I know first hand. I really feel for ya. Not fun!
I suffer from this aswell, it’s because when we’re stressed our whole body kinda shuts down in a way and our immune system drops and nothing processes properly and it causes the bowels to do that
No wonder I get diarrhea even if I don’t eat or drink anything sometimes :/
No the gut needs attention, calm down the gut and anxiety is lessened find what works for you, chamomile is mentioned to be good.
Eat more fruit snacks like blueberries .
One time, I made the mistake of taking an anti-diarrheal after eating some contaminated meat and falling ill... I was in agony for days and I just wanted my body to hurry flush away the infection.
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Wow great story.......
My doctor told me not to use Imodium if you have diarrhoea as it’s better to drink water and electrolytes and flush out naturally otherwise you delay this
This man said every few hours... nah every few minutes
I'm just having diarrhea and when I watch this video, i feel so touched. As it can totally understand me 😢👍. Love this vid
In 2017 I had severe gastroenteritis. The stool was watery. I ran to the bathroom every 4 minutes. It lasted 10 days.
I was literally in the bathroom for 2 hours and while suffering the pain my allergies attacked then made every part of my body itchy like real bad. I woke up with scratches. Worst and memoravle night of my life (just wanted to share)
I came down with hives - I called dermatologist & she said just stop eating for a couple days before my appt with her. 2 days later, all hives were gone. I stopped eating FRESH ORGANIC veggies; hives disappeared - kept eating egg yokes & grass fed local beef for protein. Fine for a couple weeks, then diarrhea started. I called docs office for an order for parasite test but no response. The lab test reported I'd had them (possibly from anywhere - maybe trip to Mexico for son's wedding a couple YEARS ago.) A doc friend suggested that while a follow up test read negative after a round of antibiotics, they are prone to return because the drug didn't kill every speck and that bacteria/worm wants to live. So.. I'm going to eat bananas because here in Hawaii, we have really good apple bananas. Thanks for this revealing & helping discourse. It's been a week; now wondering if this is an infection that has to run its course before returning to normal & then I will have to determine foods to eat.
I've currently got a gut infection, this video was very useful
I'm on Day 4 of this mess. Every time I eat, my gut starts gurgling and I end up having to run to the toilet 5-10 minutes later like clockwork. Doesn't matter what I eat or drink, NOTHING stays. Even anti-diarrhea medicine doesn't work. Praying this goes away soon. 😖
Did it go away
Im praying for u!
Take probotics with the right strands, it works
I’m the same rn bro I’m really scared that I’m gonna die of diarrhoea 😢😢😢😢
@@kskjcucu1387no reply...
That's means 😢
You answered all the important questions I had . Ty
I had this after having mcdonalds.
Im never having mcdonalds again until Im older probably
don’t eat it in general
I had mcdonalds too 😭.
@@brooklynjade4525 me too 😞
Same
@@alex_m1688 I-
*Everybody Gangsta until it clogs the toilet*
I did that the other day lol
o.o
Time to search up how to unclog the toliet 😭
kids: i just get my mom
@@stephmetc53 that’s embarrassing though- I normally wait until someone discovers it
He's good at explaining, *but how do I tell my parents that it's not chocolate on the floor?*
*JIMMY NO DON'T EAT IT!*
HSHSHHSHSKAKAKAKSJSJ
YOOOOO 😂😂😂
Blame it on your brothe or sister if you have one
Clean it up yourself?
I always avoided dairy. I ate something that caused me diarrhea throughout the day. Not fun, but at least, like this guy said, it gets rid of crap.
My stomach is crying in hunger, but I'm afraid to eat anything for it might trigger me to sit on toilet longer.
Im praying for you
And here I've been eating lots of yoghurt thinking getting some lactic acid bacteria into my system would work probiotically, after being down with illness. Turns out I was very wrong!
Good video, very helpful.
This information was very helpful thank you.
Very informative . Thank you
Great content man 💜 You deserve more subs 👍
Thank you for your support!
@@DocUnlock 💜😊 Keep going
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This thing is painful, went to the doc yesterday put me on antibiotics ,anti neasea,and something for the stomach cramps i keep hydrated by drinking engergade as he told me and i have to be at work tomorrow as he only gave me off 2days its like something moving in my stomach its scary
What can we do if we had chronic diarrhea for 4 years and cannot find a reason why? Is there a diet plan you can share? I’ve lost 47 lbs since then and 17 lbs just last year. I’m down to 100 lbs and terrified.
I'm at my friend's house rn and I think I ate dairy bc I'm lactose I tolerant and yk....
💀💀💀😬😬😬😷
Yikes..😟
You THINK? Ya mean ya don't KNOW what you ate???
Humans are all "lactose intolerant".. some are just more than others. Lactose is an enzyme in cows milk. Cows milk has ONE PURPOSE... to feed & nourish baby cows/calves until they are old enough to eat & drink on their own. Humans are not cows. Humans are only designed to drink their own species milk (their mothers) ..but ONLY while they are newborns & up till the first year. Then our system changes.. & our bodies are from then on, NOT equiped for digesting milk...COWS or HUMANS... or eating ANY dairy products. Consult with any nutritionist, they will gladly explain further.
@@jade8568_VR it’s a genetic mutation to not be lactose intolerant but most people aren’t. so you’re wrong
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Who else always say they won't eat that shit again but eat the thing the next day 😭
Really useful. Imformative & succinct.Thanx for your help.
So informative, thank you!!! I’m currently feeling this 😢
i literally took the poop of my life after being constipated for 5 days. now im watching these videos to make sure im okay
My most embarrassing encounter, I had with dearrhea. 🥶🥵 Can you feel with me ???
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Thank you for your support!
Very precise. Thank you.
Hey best video I have seen on this topic! As I am currently suffering with this condition. On day three and still just like water every few hours but at least no more fever, headaches and cramping! Maybe I'm on the mend I hope?!?😖
It's one of those times you're excited to see your poop go solid and back to normal :/ I had mine for 5 days now.
I’m 2 days in and it’s getting worse
@@finleys0912 I gave it a time frame , if it didn't get better after 5 days I will see a doctor, I was trying to avoid taking antibiotics but luckily it got better in the 5th day.. get well soon to you
@@finleys0912 did you get better
@@finleys0912you better now
I went off my healthy path and started eating junk. Then I started back eating healthy and I’m suffering 😩😩😩 can’t stay off toilet .
Welcome to detox hell. Enjoy your stay! Muhahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!😃
Stfu
Sammmee
Really more helpful and informative video you have made really thank you so much
Thank you so much.. Well explained..
Once I got diarrhea it was the shittiest time of my life
Sitting with diarrhoea and stomach pain...
Not taking paracetamol as I heard it is important to have a temperature as part of the process of killing the infection..
Is this the case ?
Ps..
Strange to say but that was one of the best informative and most enjoyable videos I have watched on RUclips..
Thank you as it was very timely info for me..
Eh.. now back to toilet : )
It is better to ride out a fever if you can tolerate it. Of course if it's very painful for you or too high it needs to get broken
so beautifully explained
Very well explained 👏
I’m really going through it right now
Your voice makes me feel better. 😊
A great creature you are dr akpamu keep soaring higher!
Four day diarrhea sounds like a curse of some kind
what does a month and half sound like???
@@SamandRie What does 4/5 months sound like ? 🥲
@@xxzain-axx6105 bruh im right there with u mann. ended up getting diagnosed with ulcerative colities 😔😔😔.
Hey please help me! I have been having pain in my stomach for at least 2 days and I’m peeing too much please tell me what’s wrong and how I should treat it, thanks.
So helpful!
This is great! thank you
Thank you so much because I ate some warm but cold chicken and the next morning I'm going back and fourth of diarrhea then I got better after drinking Gatorade
Bro i had gastroenteritis last year due to severe food poisoning and took months to recover. Ive somehow got it again and I'm really certain i never ate anything dodgy. Its returned at the same time as last year and idk why?
I asked my mum to help me right now and I feel much better
The pain makes me wanna swear of eating forever 🥵, I’ve never paid more attention to a RUclips video like this before for meditation
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When I get diarrhea, I enjoy it. As long as I'm home.
I hate diarrhea. It's hell
Bruh you must not have the kind that causes you to explode 😂
Great video. I hope this passes soon.
Thanks for the info👍
I’m in Mexico for a trip and this is my last week ( here for 3 weeks) so far 4 people have had diarrhea including me I’ve had loss of appetite and fatigued anyways I want to tell you guys something nasty so the last 2 days my diarrhea has literally just been water brown water - it’s day 3 not sure I wasn’t counting but I’m leaving in 5 days so hopefully it goes away I don’t want to be in the airplane peeing from my butt 😌
Awesome advice
Mahn!! Thank you soo much!! It was verryyy good info!!!! :)
I do not have any other symptoms but it has lasted for over a week at this point. What might be the cause? I don’t feel weak, no nausea, no fever, eating habits are the same..
Me also
Did yours ever go away? Having the same issue.
Fuuuuuu this sucks so much! I ate takeout and now my stomach is playing up 😭😭. Literally just want to stay in bed but then I have to get up every half hour to go to the toilet.
I know how you feel. i haven't been able to sleep.
I'm scared to sleep because every 20 minutes I have to take a trip to the bathroom . I DON'T WANNA POOP MYSELF😫
Same
thank you, this rreaally helped me
Nice video, I like it!!
Me: *forces it*
My stomach: *so you have chosen... death?*
😂😂😂😂😂
FOR REAL!!🤣
This is so accurate.
@@BrandonTBlackwell I’m glad to hear that lol
Currently on the toilet.
Thank you very much.
I had this during Christmas last year. Spent the night at the emergency room 😪
There’s times this diarrhea comes in like a wrecking ball.
I’d really appreciate some advice. I’m experiencing abdominal and gut pain, I’ve had constipation today. I feel like I need to have diarrhea but it won’t come out, and the few times I’ve managed to get some out, it’s clear and like water. I do have generalized anxiety, and my meds are less effective lately. I also have had aerophagia, or swallowing too much air due to anxiety. This could be causing my issues but I just feel overwhelmed at this point.
THANKS DOC!!!! ❤
Ate some school food yesterday, didn’t go so well, at least now I know what might have caused it
I have a lot of pending work to do but I'm here sitting on the toilet for 20 mins
When you get baked and just eat anything in the fridge, I regret my decision
I've been trying to find an answer for this all over google, but the only answers I get are "infections cause it." Cool... tell me HOW the infection causes it. Someone finally did. Thank you.
I'm 47 and I can count the amount of times I've had diarrhea on my fingers. Though, I'm always seeing people online talking about getting diarrhea after simply eating certain foods. I can't relate. Why do some people get diarrhea all the time and is there something wrong with my that I almost never get it?
I was prescribed charcoal tablets once. How does this help?
Activated charcoal is normally used in situations of drug overdose and accidental poisoning because of its ability to bind to chemicals and prevent them from being absorbed into the body.
Some people have tried using charcoal in gastroenteritis with the theory that this may be able to absorb the excess fluid in the gut (therefore reducing the frequency of bowel motions) and may even be able to bind to bacteria/toxins. There isn't a lot of research backing this up so charcoal isn't used routinely in the treatment of gastro.
What was your experience with activated charcoal? Do you remember if it helped?
@@DocUnlock Yes it did. But then again it could've been because the condition was already improving. I can't really tell.
I totally agree - in many illnesses where the immune system would clear the infection anyway, it is really tricky to know whether a particular intervention is making any difference!
That's why we need randomised controlled trials to compare between a group of people who are given a particular intervention (eg charcoal) and a control group that doesn't receive the same intervention.
In that sense, probiotics have pretty good evidence behind them - there have been 63 trials of probiotics VS no probiotics (or placebo). So apart from rehydration, probiotics are a good option to reduce the duration of diarrhea.
Thanks for your question and for sharing your experience :)
@@DocUnlock I'll keep probiotics in mind the next time I get the runs. Thanks for your replies. Keep up the good work, Doc!
Me to
Glorious brows for glorious beard
Thank you for this video. If you have lost your spleen will that take recovery from a virus longer? (Currently 5 days into it, not sure I ate anything dodgy).
I was at school today my stomach was hurting and I went to the nurses office three times now I’m at the doctor 😊
Them Spicy lamb and rice hit hard
😁
Ughh..dischisting Im dying man help me please seriousky this is fking hell maaan
For me it’s Magnesium Citrate.
The trout I ate yesterday had a different taste to it and today after eating dinner it was like a water fountain from my behind 😳Gonna drink lots today and hope my body gets rid of this quickly
Thanks Dr.
I ate hamburger and a pizza for 2 days and my stomach felt bad. So I took anti acid and also pepto and some cold iron pills. Then ate a soup after that I tried to take olive oil after that baking soda and lemon I pooped black 3 times then the last seemed normal until now.
O_o
Let me help my homies out, whenever you got diarrhea you should drink water with a bit of salt and lime. Always helps out.
thanks doc.😊
Thanks a lot Doc.I didn't know that Diarhea is Good.
Who's pooping every 2 mins? MEEEEE
My stomach feels like it’s dying
It's helpful
Hi! Is there evidence for the usage of escopolamine in diarrhoea? Good or bad?
Damn I’ve been lucky I’m still alive
😂 oh yes
Low key diarrhea feels good coming out 😂😂😂
I’ve had diarrhea on and off in the last two weeks. The last two batches of my cooked rice I left uncovered in the fridge and I didn’t freeze any of it. I again bugged my mom about her bag of carrots in the same fridge getting dark in spots. Since she’s a narcissist she’s never wrong, so I pulled the drawer out of fridge with her carrots and brought it out to her. Of course she didn’t admit that they were rotting. But she removed everything but the lettuce and put the drawer back. Prior to my chronic Lyme disease diagnosis 10 years ago she would put lots of veggies in the prior fridge and leave them in so long that the fluids from the rotting veggies drained onto the carpet in front of the fridge and ruined that carpet which we had to remove before the new fridge went in. This is just outside the door of my bedroom. Back then whenever I’d bring up the rotting veggies is that fridge she would yell at me “I DON’T GUVE A D___!
She has her own fridge in the kitchen. Lots of food that she puts in the fridge by my bedroom spoils before she gets to it.
That's horrible,I think it can be interpreted as poisoning,so she might even deserve a prison sentence
Thank you
this time when i had diarhhea i literally felt like i was giving birth to a whole baby my legs were not ok and i felt like i needed to vomit
I had “lactose free” milk, and yet here I am…
Started shaking and sweating and then I just couldn’t walk, it was so painful… I took every medication to stop the pain and still let everything out…
My Aunt Nellie once has such Diarrhea, my Uncle Louie devorced her. He is now doing Public Speaking about it in high-schools.
This is totally my own fault since in my desperate hunger yesterday I ate a stiff ass bread. I heat it up in the microwave hoping it would ya know kill any dangerous bacteria or something but I guess it didn’t lol. It’s nice to know there’s so many ppl feeling as shitty as I do though.
😂