Central antidiarrhea through certain medical means to affect the brain center, by the specific regulation of the central nervous system to achieve antidiarrheal, clinical mostly through drugs to effectively inhibit the activity of enkephalinase, so that the prolongation of the activity of the enkephalin in the intestinal tract, so as to reduce the secretion of water and electrolytes in the intestinal tract, to achieve the purpose of alleviating the symptoms of diarrhea.
Diarrhea can be caused by many reasons, such as: bacterial and viral infections, food poisoning, gastrointestinal dysfunction, etc. Because of the different causes of diarrhea, we can not use central antidiarrheal drugs blindly and excessively.
1. Bacterial and viral infections: rotavirus, Escherichia coli, dysentery bacillus and other causes of diarrhea, at this time the need for timely and effective anti-bacterial and viral treatments, but not purely antidiarrheal, especially central antidiarrheal drugs, otherwise it will aggravate the condition of bacteria and viruses are not discharged properly.
2. Food poisoning: pesticides, poisonous mushrooms, undercooked lentils and other causes of diarrhea, at this time the need for timely and effective discharge of toxic substances out of the body, and can not be diarrhea, especially the central antidiarrheal drugs, otherwise it will be due to the poor discharge of toxic substances and absorption of more toxic substances, aggravating the condition.
3. Gastrointestinal dysfunction: mostly seen in mental stress, mental tension and other autonomic dysfunction, which leads to intestinal dysfunction, diarrhea performance, this time to mental regulation, not simple antidiarrheal treatment, especially the central antidiarrheal drugs.
There are many causes of diarrhea, not blindly stop diarrhea, need to be under the guidance of the physician, targeted treatment.