There are many causes of diarrhea, and the cause needs to be clearly identified for targeted treatment. Therefore the treatment measures taken by doctors will also vary and it is impossible to say exactly which treatment is best.
Acute diarrhea is mostly caused by self-limiting infections, and the vast majority of patients who do not become dehydrated can recover with dietary treatment. Patients with mild dehydration and those with diarrhea without clinical evidence of dehydration can be treated with oral rehydration as appropriate, and symptomatic antidiarrheal treatment can also be used, and if the diarrhea is caused by an infection, the appropriate anti-infective treatment is required. The most important thing for chronic diarrhea is to clarify the cause, and antidiarrheal and analgesic drugs should be used cautiously before the cause is clarified to avoid masking the symptoms and delaying the disease.