DiseasesDiarrhoea: Symptoms Causes, Treatment, and Prevention in 2023

Diarrhoea: Symptoms Causes, Treatment, and Prevention in 2023

How Diarrhoea is Triggered?

Around 1.5 to 5 billion people suffer from diarrhoea every year. Mostly younger children suffer diarrhea due to Dehydration, malnutrition and die from it.

What is Diarrhoea?

Diarrhea is also known as diarrhoea is a condition when you have a loose, watery stool or frequently you need to have a bowel movement. Diarrhoea affects everyone at any point in time. Suffering from it is very unpleasant and it goes without any treatment after a few days.

Diarrhea can last for 3 days to few weeks and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss. It is mainly caused due to gastroenteritis infection on the intestine caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. You acquire this infection from contaminated food and water or by coming in contact with infected people’s

Diarrhoea lasts for not more than 2 days commonly known as acute diarrhoea and if it lasts for weeks then it is termed chronic diarrhoea which is caused due to some underlying medical conditions or chronic diseases.

Causes

Diarrhea is mainly caused due to the infection caused by bacteria (salmonella), virus(rotavirus), parasites (Giardia) in the stomach and intestine commonly known as gastroenteritis.

This is how diarrhoea is triggered. Acute diarrhea is caused by this infection whereas chronic diarrhoea is caused mainly due to chronic inflammatory diseases like coeliac disease, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease, hyperthyroidism, etc.

Diarrhoea is also caused due to drinking excessive alcohol or coffee. Often remaining stress can also cause diarrhea. Those people who travel too often also suffer from diarrhoea which is termed as travellers diarrhoea.

Read More: Vomiting Causes

Diarrhoea Symptoms

There are many symptoms of this disease and you can experience any of the symptoms depending upon the cause of the disease like

  • Nausea
  • Dehydration
  • Abdominal cramps
  • Blood in stool
  • Loose or watery stool
  • Frequently needs to defecate

Dehydration is the most severe symptom of diarrhoea mostly in the case of infants and if you don’t treat it you may receive harmful effects. Some symptoms of diarrhea include dry mouth, fatigue, decreased urination, irritation, and headache.

Read More: Stomach Gas Symptoms

Treatment

Usually, diarrhoea resolves on its own in few days. Diarrhea is often treated by balancing the fluids and electrolytes lost due to frequent defecation. You can replace the lost water and electrolytes by taking oral rehydration solutions available in the medical stores.

If you are suffering from chronic diar

then you need to visit a doctor and your doctor may prescribe you some antidiarrho and antibiotics drugs depending upon the severity of dehydration, underlying diseases, the severity of diarrhea. Intravenous fluids are also administered depending upon the severity.

Read More: Fever Treatment

Complications

The main complications of diarrhoea are Dehydration and malabsorption. Diarrhea also indicates the presence of other chronic diseases.

Precaution

During diarrhea you may feel uncomfortable and unpleasant acute diarrhoea is caused due to infections and can be passed from person to person can be prevented by

  • Proper handwashing and hygiene measures to be followed
  • Eat properly cooked food
  • Avoid oily and spicy food
  • Keep yourself hydrated
  • Avoid using tap water for cooking or washing
  • Wash your hands after using the toilet
  • Keep your toilets clean

Read More: Heartburn Precaution

Subscribe Today

GET EXCLUSIVE FULL ACCESS TO PREMIUM CONTENT

SUPPORT NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF AND EMERGING TRENDS IN CHILD WELFARE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE

TOPICAL VIDEO WEBINARS

Get unlimited access to our EXCLUSIVE Content and our archive of subscriber stories.

Exclusive content

Latest article

More article

Aldoctor