There are many causes of diarrhea in adults. Common causes of diarrhea include acute gastroenteritis, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, etc. Treatment needs to be based on the condition of the disease, including general treatment such as rehydration fluids and other medications such as norfloxacin, montelukast, and mesalazine.
1. Acute gastroenteritis: Usually, patients suffer from diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting due to unclean diet and consumption of food stored in the refrigerator for a long time. Generally after dietary control, adequate rest can relieve the symptoms, diarrhea severe fluid replacement, maintain water electrolyte balance, if necessary, the use of drugs for treatment, such as montelukast, berberine hydrochloride, norfloxacin capsules and so on.
2. Irritable bowel syndrome: generally induced by gastroenteritis, food intolerance, chronic stress and other factors. Avoid eating foods that induce symptoms, scopolamine and pivoxyl bromide can be used for abdominal pain, and montelukast, compound phenethylpiperidine can be used for severe diarrhea. Probiotics can replenish the beneficial bacteria in the intestinal tract and help the recovery of digestive function.
3. Ulcerative colitis: it is a chronic non-specific intestinal inflammatory disease, the treatment includes general treatment, such as maintaining water electrolyte balance, potassium supplementation, etc., and the drugs use aminosalicylic acid preparations such as mesalazine, prednisone, azathioprine and so on.
When the patient’s diarrhea is severe, go to the hospital for examination in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, and avoid self-medication to avoid adverse reactions.