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Diarrhea

Recommended regime measures:

  • diet (consume black tea, biscuits, white bread, rice, pure broth, rice-carrot decoction),
  • use rehydration solutions.

Tip for you: You can also prepare a rehydration solution at home. Mix 0.5 liters of water, 4 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 cup of orange or apple juice. Drink in sips.

Treatment in adults

Take medicines containing:

  • activated charcoal, diosmectite (give at least 2 hours from other medicines),
  • cloroxine,
  • Saccharomyces boulardii siccatus,
  • tannate gelatin,
  • probiotic.

For antibiotics (given 4 hours apart from antibiotics), take:

  • Saccharomyces boulardii siccatus,
  • probiotics.

In case of diarrhea caused by stress or some medicines, it is advisable to take preparations containing the substance loperamide. This substance only serves to stop loose stools (stops the movement of the intestines) and does not cure its cause. Therefore, do not take loperamide products for infectious diarrhea.

Recommended treatment for pregnant and lactating women can be found in the section "Pregnancy and breastfeeding“.

Treatment in children

If she has a child diarrhea with fever see a doctor immediately.

Give your child medicines containing:

  • Saccharomyces boulardii siccatus,
  • activated charcoal (from 3 years), diosmectite (from 2 years, give at least 2 hours from other medicines),
  • tannate gelatin,
  • probiotic.