Diarrhea in the elderly may be caused by physiological factors or pathological factors such as chronic pancreatitis and colon cancer. It is necessary to have a reasonable diet according to the cause and try to arrange light, nutritious and easy-to-digest food.
1. Physiological factors: when people get older, gastrointestinal function will gradually decline, and intestinal absorption function will also decline, easily causing diarrhea. This kind of patients are suitable to eat easy-to-digest food, such as rice porridge and rice paste.
2. Chronic pancreatitis: it is caused by inflammation of pancreatic tissues, and this kind of patients should try to eat low protein and low fat as the principle, and it is recommended to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, such as apples, bananas, strawberries, cabbage, broccoli, carrots and so on.
3. Colon cancer: it is a kind of malignant tumor originated from colon mucosa. For diarrhea caused by this disease, it is suggested that patients should eat more food with high water content, such as rice soup, rice paste and so on. If prolonged diarrhea leads to excessive energy consumption, appropriate intake of meat, eggs, fish, milk, etc. is also possible.
Elderly people with diarrhea must first analyze the cause and actively go to the hospital for examination to rule out precancerous lesions and cancerous lesions.