Holistic Treatment for Diarrhea by Dr. Tsan Contents hide
1 Treatment for diarrhea 1.1 Antibiotics can help you get rid of parasites and infections. 1.2 Fluids are replaced with a therapy. 1.3 Changing the medicines you’re taking 1.4 Treating the root causes 1.5 What is diarrhea? 1.5.1 What are the causes of diarrhea? 1.5.2 Acute diarrhea and persistent diarrhea 1.5.3 Infections – are the most common cause of diarrhea. 1.5.3.1 Infections by viruses. 1.5.3.2 Some people get bacteria in their bodies. 1.5.3.3 Infection by parasites. 1.5.4 Travelers may have diarrhea. 1.5.4.1 It’s been going on for a long time 1.5.5 Allergies and intolerances can happen to people who eat certain foods. 1.5.6 People who have problems with their digestive tract. 1.5.6.1 Long-term use of medicines is bad. 1.5.7 What are the symptoms of diarrhea and the signs of dehydration? 1.5.8 The symptoms of dehydration in adults can be: 1.5.8.1 Malabsorption 1.5.9 How do you test for dehydration as a result of diarrhea? 1.5.9.1 Test your blood. 1.5.9.2 Stool test.
1.5.9.3 Take a hydrogen breath test In order for your doctor to know if you have lactose intolerance, you might need to do this kind of test, like this one. 1.5.9.4 Flexible sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy, is a way to get a look inside your body. 1.5.9.5 The upper endoscopy. 1.6 The use of home remedies in treatment for diarrhea. 1.6.1 Tips to prevent diarrhea 1.6.1.1 Drink a lot of water. 1.6.1.2 Rice water. 1.6.2 Eat a Plain Diet for diarrhea Treatment 1.6.3 Foods not to eat if you suffer from diarrhea 1.6.4 Use probiotics for diarrhea Treatment. 1.6.5 When to seek professional treatment for diarrhea? 1.6.6 Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese natural treatment for diarrhea. 1.6.7 Homeopathy – #1 Treatment for diarrhea. 1.7 Treatment for diarrhea in Philadelphia PA
Treatment for diarrhea Treatment for diarrhea doesn’t fall into any particular protocol and depends on many factors, especially the condition of your body that causes diarrhea. Most cases of acute diarrhea go away on their own in a few days without any treatment. Lifestyle changes and home remedies for diarrhea may not work if you’ve already tried them. Your doctor may prescribe medications or other treatments if that doesn’t work. Antibiotics can help you get rid of parasites and infections. Taking antibiotics or anti-parasitic medicines, which can help treat diarrhea caused by bacteria or parasites, might help. If you have diarrhea because of a virus, antibiotics will not help.
Fluids are replaced with a therapy. Your doctor will probably tell you to drink more water and salts. For most adults, that means drinking water with electrolytes, juice, or broth, but it can also be something else. If drinking liquids make you sick or cause you to vomit, your doctor might suggest that you get IV fluids. Because water doesn’t have the minerals sodium and potassium that your body needs to work properly, it isn’t the best way to get the fluids your body needs to work. You can drink fruit juices for potassium or eat soups for sodium to keep your electrolyte levels stable. But some fruit juices, such as apple juice, might make diarrhea worse, so be careful when you drink them. Ask your doctor about taking an oral rehydration solution, like Pedialyte, to keep the body from getting dehydrated or to replace lost fluids. Changing the medicines you’re taking
As soon as your doctor finds out a drug is to blame for your diarrhea, he may lower your dose or give you a different medicine. Treating the root causes if you have diarrhea that is caused by a more serious condition, your doctor will work to control that condition. It’s possible that you’ll be sent to see a specialist who can help you come up with a treatment plan. What is diarrhea? There are many different types of diarrhea, and we’ll explain each one below. Diarrhea, which can be loose, watery, and happen more often, is a common problem. It may be on its own or with other symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or weight loss, but it may not be the only thing that is going on. Fortunately, diarrhea is usually short-lived. It usually lasts no more than a few days. In most cases, if diarrhea lasts for more than a few days into weeks, it means there is another problem, like IBS or something more serious like persistent infection, celiac disease, or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Having diarrhea for more than a few days may be a sign of an even bigger problem. Having diarrhea for more than four weeks can be a sign of a long-term illness. Chronic diarrhea symptoms may last for a long time, or they may come and go at any time. As soon as diarrhea lasts for more than two or three days, you need to get the right diagnosis. The proper diagnosis will lead to the best treatment for diarrhea. What are the causes of diarrhea?
Most of the time, diarrhea is caused by a virus that gets into your gut. Some people call it “intestinal flu,” “stomach flu,” or “flu in the gut.” Other possible reasons:
Drinking too much alcohol is bad for your health. An allergy to certain foods Diseases of the intestines, like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, can make diabetes more likely. Foods that make the digestive system hurt when eaten When bacteria or other organisms get into your body and make you sick, this is called food poisoning. Laxative abuse is when people use them in the wrong way. Medications An overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) Radiation therapy is used to help people who are sick. Running The reason why some people get “runner’s diarrhea” is not clear. It is possible to get some types of cancers. Surgery on your intestines “Malabsorption” is when your body has a hard time taking in certain nutrients. People who have irritable bowel syndrome may also have diarrhea after constipation, but this is more likely.
Acute and long-term diarrhea may have different causes than chronic diarrhea. This is because the causes of both are not the same. There are many times when doctors can’t figure out what’s making the person have diarrhea. Most diarrhea goes away on its own in 4 days and find out what caused it isn’t important.
Acute diarrhea and persistent diarrhea Infections, traveler’s diarrhea, and the side effects of medicines are the three most common causes of diarrhea that lasts for a long time or don’t go away without treatment. Infections – are the most common cause of diarrhea. Infections that cause diarrhea come in three different forms. There are some infections caused by bacteria and parasites that cause diarrhea that doesn’t go away quickly unless you get medicine for them. Another thing that can happen after sickness is that people may have a hard time digesting carbohydrates like lactose or proteins in foods like cow’s milk, milk products, and soy products. Diarrhea can last longer if you have trouble digesting carbohydrates or proteins. Infections by viruses.
A lot of viruses make you sick, like norovirus NIH external link and rotavirus NIH external link. Viral gastroenteritis is a common cause of diarrhea that is very bad for a short time. Some people get bacteria in their bodies. There are many types of bacteria that can get into your body through contaminated food or water and make you ill. This can cause diarrhea. A lot of common bacteria that can make you ill are Campylobacter NIH external link, E.coli, Salmonella NIH external link, and Shigella NIH external link, but there are many more. Infection by parasites. Through food or water, parasites can get into your body. They can then live in your digestive tract. They include Cryptosporidium enteritis, Entamoeba histolytica NIH external link, and Giardia lamblia NIH external link, which all make people sick. A foodborne illness is a type of sickness that can spread through food or drink. Infections that last more than two weeks and less than four weeks can cause diarrhea that lasts for a long time. Travelers may have diarrhea. Travelers’ diarrhea is a common condition and yes, people who are traveling often have diarrhea. An external link is caused when you eat food or drink water that is full of bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Most of the time, diarrhea that happens while people are on vacation is very bad and very quickly. If you have diarrhea for more than a few days, some parasites can be to blame for it. Travelers’ diarrhea can be a problem for people who visit poor countries.
In medicine, there are things that happen when you take them Many medicines can make you sick. There are some medicines that can make you nauseous. These medicines include antibiotics, antacids that have magnesium in them, and medicine for cancer. It’s been going on for a long time Some infections, food allergies and intolerances, digestive tract problems, abdominal surgery, and long-term use of medicines can cause diarrhea that lasts more than a few days at a time. Allergies and intolerances can happen to people who eat certain foods. There may be food allergies that cause diarrhea to last for a long time. Cow’s milk, soy, cereal grains, eggs, and seafood are some of the foods that may cause this.
Lactose intolerance is a common condition that can cause diarrhea when you eat or drink something that has milk or milk products in it. After eating foods or drinking liquids that have fructose in them, people with fructose intolerance may get diarrhea. This is because fructose is a sugar found in fruits and fruit juices, as well as honey. People put fructose in a lot of foods and soft drinks to make them sweeter. This is called high-fructose corn syrup. A lot of sugar alcohol, like sorbitol, can make some people have diarrhea. These sugar alcohols are often found in sugar-free candies and gum.
People who have problems with their digestive tract. Chronic diarrhea may be caused by problems with the digestive tract.
Gluten intolerance is the name of a disease. There is a condition called Crohn’s disease, and it can be very There are many functional GI disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome. Ulcerative colitis is caused by a buildup of small intestinal bacteria. Surgery on the abdomen in medical history may cause diarrhea.
After abdominal surgery, you may have diarrhea that lasts for a long time. There are different kinds of abdominal surgeries. One is called an appendectomy. Another is called gallbladder surgery. A third is called pancreaticobiliary surgery. Long-term use of medicines is bad. There may be long-term side effects to medicines that need to be taken for a long time. Some medicines, like antibiotics, can change your normal gut flora and make it more likely that you’ll get Cchloridoids Difficile, a bacterium that can cause diarrhea for a long time.
What are the symptoms of diarrhea and the signs of dehydration? Dehydration and problems digesting food can be very bad side effects of diarrhea. They show up in adults, babies, toddlers, and young children like this. People with diarrhea have loose, watery stools three or more times a day, which is the main sign. People who have diarrhea may also have one or more of the following symptoms as well:
an urgent need to go to the bathroom is causing a lot of people to be late. People who can’t control when they go to the bathroom nausea The pain is in the abdomen
One or more of the following symptoms of diarrhea may also happen to people who have diarrhea caused by some infections:
blood in the stools, fever and chills, lightheadedness, and dizziness
Diarrhea can cause dehydration and a lack of nourishment. The symptoms of dehydration in adults can be:
thirst urinating less than you usually do feeling worn out urine that is dark-colored dried mouth
skin turgor is down, which means that when your skin is pinched and you let it go, the skin doesn’t flatten back to normal right away. cheeks and eyes that don’t look full fainting, which is also called light-headedness
There may be signs of dehydration that show up in babies, toddlers, and young children.
thirst there were no wet diapers for three hours or more. lack of strength dried mouth tears don’t come when you cry there is less skin turgor the eyes, cheeks, or a soft spot in the skull are all sunken.
Malabsorption Malabsorption in adults can cause symptoms like not being able to get enough food.
bloating the way you eat changes gas bowel movements that are very loose, greasy, and smelly loss of weight
Children as young as two years old may show signs of malabsorption, such as a
hard time swallowing or not being able to get enough food. bloating the way kids eat changes gas
bowel movements that are very loose, greasy, and smelly weight loss
How do you test for dehydration as a result of diarrhea? Your doctor will ask about your medical history, look at the medicines you take, do a physical exam, and may order tests to find out what’s making you go to the bathroom. Tests that could be done: Test your blood. A complete blood count test, a measurement of electrolytes, and kidney function tests can help you figure out how bad your diarrhea is. Stool test. Your doctor might suggest that you get a stool test to find out if you have a bacterium or parasite that is making you sick. Take a hydrogen breath test In order for your doctor to know if you have lactose intolerance, you might need to do this kind of test, like this one. After you drink something that has a lot of lactose in it, your doctor checks how much hydrogen is in your breath at regular intervals. You’re not fully digesting and absorbing lactose if you’re putting out too much hydrogen. Flexible sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy, is a way to get a look inside your body. With a small, lit tube that goes into your rectum, your doctor can see inside your colon. Because of this, your doctor can get some small pieces of tissue (biopsy) from your colon with a tool that comes with the device. Flexible sigmoidoscopy lets the doctor see the lower part of the colon, while colonoscopy lets the doctor see the whole thing. The upper endoscopy.
Long, thin tubes with cameras on the end are used to look inside your stomach and the upper part of the small intestine. They might take a piece of tissue (biopsy) from the body to look at in the lab. The use of home remedies in treatment for diarrhea. In some cases, taking an antidiarrheal drug will make watery stools go away and make constipation happen instead. Both are bad. If you have a mild case of diarrhea, you don’t need to take any pills to get better. Tips to prevent diarrhea Diarrhea caused by a virus or bacteria can spread. by:
washing your hands often avoid people who are sick disinfecting surfaces that are frequently touched and not sharing personal items
If you have diarrhea after taking a new medicine, ask your doctor about another drug or cutting back on how much you take. You can also make sure your food is cooked thoroughly and your fruits and vegetables are clean before you eat them. Also, make sure you know how to wash your hands. Clean your hands with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds, then dry them with a towel. If there is no water, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer. To find out if you have food allergies or sensitivities, keep a food journal and write down everything you eat for a few weeks. This will help you figure out what foods might be making you sick. Make a list of the days that you have diarrhea and write them down.
Keeping a food journal can help you figure out if you have lactose intolerance or gluten intolerance. You can then try a diet that doesn’t include certain foods. Remove foods that you think might be bad for you and see if your symptoms get better. People with a digestive disorder should talk to their doctor if they think their current treatment isn’t working, even if they think it is. Change your medication if it doesn’t work as well. Drink a lot of water. One of the biggest problems with diarrhea is that you lose a lot of water. The reason many people go to the emergency room is that they got dehydrated with all possible manifestations of this condition. Diarrhea makes the body lose a lot of water and electrolytes that it needs to stay healthy. Electrolytes are minerals like sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium that are important for many body processes. It’s important to treat dehydration the right way. In young children, it could be dangerous. To deal with a mild case of diarrhea, you need to get back the fluids and electrolytes that you lost. Drink a lot of water, clear juices, clear broths, or a sports drink that is high in electrolytes. 3 There are also things you should stay away from when you have diarrhea, and these things can make things worse. Coffee, caffeinated drinks, prune juice, sugary drinks, sodas, and alcohol are all bad for you, so stay away from them. These all make you go to the bathroom. In addition, if you’re lactose intolerant, which means you can’t break down the main sugar in milk well, you should stay away from dairy foods. 4 Young children and babies who have diarrhea need rehydration drinks. These are sold under different brand names, like:
Pedialyte Enfalyte Gastrolyte
It’s important for breastfed babies to keep nursing. Children should keep eating the same food they usually do. Also, they should drink fluids that will help them stay hydrated, like water or sports drinks. If you put them on a strict diet, this is better than not giving them enough food. Some people don’t like the taste or color of some rehydration drinks because they don’t want them to be artificial. There are only three things you need to make a rehydration drink at home: salt, sugar, and water. As a bonus, you can also buy oral rehydration salt at most drug stores for sale over the counter. Don’t add too much salt to the food. That can be bad, especially for kids. Rice water. Rice water is another quick and effective way to treat diarrhea. It should take about 10 minutes for the rice and 2 cups of water to boil. The rice should be done when the water looks cloudy. Strain the rice and keep the water for later. You can eat it. Rice water not only helps your body stay hydrated but can also shorten the time you have diarrhea. Binding: Rice water makes stools that are more solid and bulky. Eat a Plain Diet for diarrhea Treatment The researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases don’t think it’s good to go on a strict diet during diarrhea Treatment. But that doesn’t mean that all food is the same. There are some foods you should not eat, and there are also foods you might be able to eat better.
The BRAT diet was a common food plan for people who were having problems with their stomachs. The diet is made up of four foods that aren’t very tasty and don’t have a lot of fiber: bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. Bananas are very useful. They help your body get back the potassium is lost when you had diarrhea. The more your diarrhea symptoms start to get better, the more you can add other foods that aren’t very spicy or hard to swallow. This also has:
Baked chicken breasts with no skin Oatmeal Cooked potatoes. Chicken soup with saltines in it
The following foods and drinks can cause gas: Beans and legumes, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower are all types of cruciferous vegetables. Foods not to eat if you suffer from diarrhea The majority of people don’t like fried and greasy foods when they have diarrhea. You should also think about cutting back on high-fiber foods like bran and fruits and vegetables that make you feel bloated. Foods to stay away from:
alcohol sweeteners that aren’t real sugar (found in chewing gum, diet soft drinks, and sugar substitutes) beans berries broccoli
cabbage cauliflower chickpeas coffee ice cream with corn Vegetables that are green and leafy are called “green leaf milk peas peppers prunes
Use probiotics for diarrhea Treatment. A mild case of diarrhea may be shorter if you eat food that has probiotics in it or takes probiotics in pills. Probiotics are an essential part of any treatment for diarrhea. It is good for your digestive system to have live bacteria and yeast that are good for you. The good bacteria in your stomach and intestines can be washed away by diarrhea, so you might not have as many of them. Probiotics for diarrhea can quickly replace these aggressive microorganisms that cause diarrhea and help your bowels work normally again. Lactobacillus is a type of bacteria that lives in the gut. It is a type of bacteria called Bifidobacterium, and it can be found in the type of yeast called Saccharomyces boulardii (S. boulardii) commonly used to make bread and other foods. In particular, S. boulardii is very good at stopping diarrhea.
If you have diarrhea, it might be best to stay away from some dairy products, but not all of them. Some dairy foods, like yogurt or kefir with live probiotic bacteria, are very good for you. Other natural sources of probiotics for diarrhea are foods that have been fermented, such as:
Miso Kombucha Sauerkraut Cheeses that have been aged This is cottage cheese. Olives that are green. Bread made with sourdough Tempeh
It’s not the only food that’s been made by fermenting. Kimchi is another one of them. Some people even call it a “super-probiotic,” which is what it is. But kimchi might make your diarrhea worse because it has hot spices that can make it even worse. People who take probiotics in food or supplements usually have mild side effects like an upset stomach, bloating, and gas. These side effects can happen whether the probiotics are in food or supplements. When to seek professional treatment for diarrhea? Diarrhea is something you should never forget about. If you have tried the above home remedies and still have loose stools, call your doctor or your pharmacist to see if they can help. They might give you medicine that is sold over the counter.
Then, if you or your child have diarrhea that lasts a long time or is very bad, you should see a doctor right away. It is important to check for the following symptoms of diarrhea which are the alarm to call your doctor: Adults Diarrhea that lasts a few days or more Severe abdominal cramps Bloody or black stools Body temperature over 102 F
Kids
Diarrhea that lasts more than 24
Diapers are dry after three ho Fever over 102 F
Dry mouth and tongue coati
Slight or no urination
No tears during crying
Tremendous weakness
Odd sleepiness
Dry skin and dry mouth
Black or bloody stools
Extreme thirst
Sunken cheeks or eyes Skin that doesn’t pull back when
Under 3-month-old babies who have diarrhea should go to the doctor and get checked out right away. When something is wrong, don’t wait or try to treat it yourself.
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese natural treatment for diarrhea. Acupuncture is better than medications when used for the treatment of diarrhea caused by irritable bowel syndrome. IBS-D is a type of irritable bowel syndrome that has chronic diarrhea as one of its main symptoms. It is called IBS-D. In a study at the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (Pei et al.), researchers found that acupuncture has a better chance of helping people with IBS-D than pinaverium bromide. The drug pinaverium bromide is used to treat functional gastrointestinal dysfunction. It is a spasmolytic agent. Pinaverium bromide is used to treat diarrhea and abdominal pain caused by irritable bowel syndrome. The research team of Pei and others found that acupuncture is a lot more effective than pharmaceutical drugs in case of Treatment for diarrhea. The researchers did a very interesting thing with their model of how to do their study. They looked at a specific pattern in the system of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). They only let people into the study who met the TCM inclusion criteria for liver qi depression and spleen qi deficiency. People with IBS-D who had liver qi depression and spleen lack of it had a 90% total treatment success rate, according to the results. The medication had a success rate of 80% for the whole treatment. Most people who have IBS-D have liver qi deficiency, but only 65% of them have spleen qi deficiency. This type of IBS-D may be caused by a lot of negative emotions, like anxiety and depression, and a lot of unhealthy food, like too much alcohol, oily foods, raw foods, and cold foods. Depression is common in people who have IBS. Friedrich and his colleagues found that 90% of people with IBS are depressed. In their paper, Pei et al. say that when depression is present, it can be hard to treat IBS. As a result of allergies or food intolerances, people who have IBS are more likely to have problems with their digestive system. There is a lot of depression and food intolerances in people who have IBS-D when their liver qi is down.
It helps with abdominal pain, bloating, and the way bowel movements move, at least in part, because acupuncture helps the gut-brain axis work better (GBA). Gut-brain axis: Carabotti et al. say that this is a link between the brain, spinal cord, and intestines. People who have the GBA connect parts of the brain that control emotions and thinking with parts of the body that move food. Wang et al research’s backs up the idea that acupuncture can control the GBA. In a lab, Wang et al. found that acupuncture is good at “relieving visceral hypersensitivity” in their study, “Acupoint Specificity on Colorectal Hypersensitivity Alleviated by Acupuncture and the Correlation with the Brain-Gut Axis.” The research team looked at how acupuncture affects the proto-oncogene c-Fos. They found that certain acupuncture points are very good at lowering c-Fos. The production of AP-1 (Activator Protein-1) is a big deal because it helps cancer grow. This is why this is so important. Acupuncture can reduce the amount of c-Fos in the body, which means more research is needed into the benefits of acupuncture for people with cancer. For people with IBS-D, the work of Pei and others shows that acupuncture is better than the drug pinaverium bromide. There were 60 patients from the Acupuncture and Digestion Units of the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital who took part in the study. During the time period from July 2009 to November 2010, these people were all diagnosed with IBS-D. They had liver qi deficiency and spleen qi deficiency. They were split into two groups: a treatment group and a control group, with 30 people in each. In the treatment group, acupuncture was used, and in the control group, pinaverium bromide was used. Based on the figure, each patient’s treatment was put into one of three groups:
Significantly effective: The symptoms went down a lot. The treatment’s effectiveness value is less than 70%.
Effective: The symptoms got better. The treatment’s effectiveness value is less than 30%. Not good: There was no visible improvement in the symptoms. The treatment’s effectiveness value is less than 30%.
Homeopathy – #1 Treatment for diarrhea. Homeopathy as a treatment for diarrhea looks at the person as a whole and helps to cure or at least to alleviate symptoms. It means that homeopathic medicine is used as a treatment for diarrhea because it looks at the patient as a person, as well as his condition. There is an individualizing examination and case analysis that takes into account the patient’s medical history, physical constitution, and so on. The homeopathic medicines for diarrhea are chosen after this. Also, the treatment of long-term problems is often taken into account if the person has a miasmatic tendency (a predisposition or vulnerability). Homeopathic medicines for diarrhea that are shown below show that they have a therapeutic affinity. This is not a complete or definitive guide to how to treat this condition. This is because, in homeopathy, general symptoms and body types are also taken into account when choosing a homeopathic remedy for diarrhea. To learn more about any of the following remedies, please go to the Materia Medica page. These homeopathic remedies for diarrhea shouldn’t be taken without consulting a doctor first. The most commonly used homeopathic remedies for the treatment of diarrhea are:
Arsenicum album Veratrum Viride Cinchona officinalis Croton tiglium and Aloes Sulphur Rheum Podophyllum
Mercurius Calcarea Carbonica Phosphorous Argentum Nitricum Gelsemium
Treatment for diarrhea in Philadelphia PA If you or someone in your family suffers from chronic diarrhea, unsuccessfully treated by western physicians, consider a holistic approach to treatment for diarrhea. Philadelphia Holistic Clinic is the #1 naturopathic facility in the city of Brotherly Love. At the clinic, all holistic technics such as homeopathy, acupuncture, hypnosis, and energy healing are available for you under one roof. Contact us at (267) 403-3085 to schedule your evaluation appointment with Dr. Tsan and discuss which holistic approach is best for you.