What foods to eat for diarrhea and loose stools

When patients have diarrhea and loose stools, they should eat light, easily digestible food to avoid aggravating the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and causing worsening of diarrhea symptoms. Patients can drink rice soup or eat millet porridge, rice porridge, lotus root powder, lean meat porridge, noodles, bread, boiled eggs, steamed fish, etc. It is recommended to gradually transition from an oil-free, semi-fluid diet to a less oily, semi-fluid diet, and finally return to a normal light diet, which can be matched with three recipes a day according to their own taste. At the same time, it is best to drink more water, warm water, not chilled drinks, and do not eat cold, sour, spicy, irritating food, and do not eat fried or pickled food. Patients with severe diarrhea need to go to the hospital in time to cooperate with the doctor to give examination and treatment.