The elderly are prone to diarrhea. First, they should undergo an electronic colonoscopy to identify the cause of diarrhea; second, they should take gastrokinetic drugs, digestive enzymes, probiotic tablets, and other medications that promote gastrointestinal motility in the elderly; and finally, they should replenish energy and eat easy-to-digest, high-protein foods.
The elderly have poorer health and appetite, weaker intestinal motility, and are prone to digestive disorders. There are many clinical causes of diarrhea in the elderly, and it is important to identify the cause of diarrhea in a timely manner.
First of all, the elderly often diarrhea to perform timely electronic colonoscopy to clarify the cause of diarrhea, to prevent colon cancer and other malignant tumors, timely detection, early diagnosis and early treatment; secondly, to exclude malignant organic lesions, to consider chronic gastroenteritis caused by diarrhea, such as bacterial infection, intestinal flora dysbiosis, etc., can use gastric power drugs, digestive enzymes, probiotics tablets (bifidobacteria capsules) and other drugs to promote the elderly gastrointestinal The medication can be used to promote gastrointestinal motility and digestion. Finally, elderly people with diarrhea tend to lose a lot of energy in a short period of time, resulting in the elderly body more weak, so it is important to supplement nutrition, eat easy-to-digest, high-protein food, diarrhea is serious to check electrolytes, you can drink light saline to prevent dehydration.