Diarrhea in bedridden elderly may be caused by bacterial, viral, fungal and other infections, or it may be related to medication, diet, disease, etc. It can be relieved by allopathic treatment, symptomatic treatment, medication, etc. under the guidance of the doctor.
1. Causal treatment: Lactose intolerant patients need to eliminate lactose from food, allergy-induced diarrhea should avoid contact with allergens, and chronic pancreatitis can be supplemented with pancreatic enzymes and other digestive enzymes.
2. Symptomatic treatment: correct water, electrolyte, acid-base balance disorders and nutritional imbalance, supplement fluids, vitamins, amino acids, fat emulsions and other nutrients as appropriate, patients with severe malnutrition, enteral or parenteral nutritional support therapy.
3. medication: the elderly diarrhea, can be under the guidance of the doctor, through the drug treatment, commonly used drugs are atropine, montelukast, loperamide and so on.
It is recommended to go to the hospital in time, under the diagnosis of the doctor, according to the patient’s specific condition, to take targeted treatment.