Scramble dilute water to consider diarrhea, eating the wrong thing is just one of the reasons, need to be based on the onset and duration of the disease, the number and nature of stools and accompanying symptoms to determine the cause.
1. The onset and duration of illness: acute diarrhea onset of acute, short duration, usually within 1 day of the onset of food poisoning, such as eating puffer fish, fish guts, phosphorus, lead, etc., the infection of eating unclean food brought about by bacteria, viruses and so on.
Chronic diarrhea has a slow onset and lasts for more than 2 months, mostly due to chronic infection, non-specific inflammation, intestinal tumors, such as Clostridium difficile infection, chronic amoebic dysentery, Crohn’s disease, malignant tumors and so on.
2. The number and nature of stools: acute infectious diarrhea caused by eating unclean food, several times a day to dozens of bowel movements, stools are mostly paste or watery, some with pus and blood, acute allergic reactions may also appear watery diarrhea.
Chronic diarrhea is often seen in chronic infections such as chronic bacillary dysentery, chronic digestive diseases such as Crohn’s disease, and can also be watery or dilute watery stool; chronic diarrhea can also appear in systemic diseases, such as hyperthyroidism, gastrinoma, systemic lupus erythematosus and so on.
3. Common accompanying symptoms
(1) Fever: mostly seen in acute infection, intestinal tuberculosis, intestinal lymphoma, Crohn’s disease, sepsis, etc.
(2) Significant weight loss: consider the possibility of small intestine disease or malignant tumor.
(3) Abdominal mass: consider intestinal malignant tumor, Crohn’s disease, intestinal tuberculosis.
(4) Subcutaneous hemorrhagic spots: common in allergic purpura.
Besides, there may be other reasons leading to the above conditions. The causes of diarrhea are complex, if the symptoms occur, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital for further diagnosis and treatment.