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Absorbents absorb toxic substances that cause infective diarrhoea, methylcellulose is an absorbent. Anti-inflammatory compounds such as bismuth subsalicylate. Anticholinergics reduce intestinal movement and are effective against both diarrhoea and accompanying cramping. Opioids' classical use besides pain relief is as an anti-diarrhoeal drug.
The Treatment Of Diarrhea, A manual for physicians and other senior health workers, World Health Organization, 2005. page 22 (26 in PDF): 8. MANAGEMENT OF DIARRHOEA WITH SEVERE MALNUTRITION" . . . Signs that remain useful for assessing hydration status include: eagerness to drink (a sign of some dehydration), and lethargy, cool and moist ...
While many different things can cause diarrhea—including infections or a more serious gastrointestinal condition—in most cases, it will go away after a few days without the need for treatment.
Antimotility medication has a theoretical risk of causing complications, and although clinical experience has shown this to be unlikely, [43] these drugs are discouraged in people with bloody diarrhea or diarrhea that is complicated by fever. [77] Loperamide, an opioid analogue, is commonly used for the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea. [78]
Bile acid malabsorption (BAM), known also as bile acid diarrhea, is a cause of several gut-related problems, the main one being chronic diarrhea.It has also been called bile acid-induced diarrhea, cholerheic or choleretic enteropathy, bile salt diarrhea or bile salt malabsorption.
Kaopectate is an orally taken medication for the treatment of mild diarrhea. It is also sometimes used to treat indigestion, nausea, and stomach ulcers. The active ingredients have varied over time, and are different between the United States and Canada. The original active ingredients were kaolinite and pectin.
Estimates of the percentage of people affected range from 20 to 50 percent among travelers to the developing world. [3] TD is particularly common among people traveling to Asia (except for Japan and Singapore), the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Central and South America. [4] [7] The risk is moderate in Southern Europe, and Russia. [8]
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