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Diarrhea: Causes and Remedial Measures



Diarrhea occurs when the intestine is not able to absorb water from the food taken. The continued state of diarrhea can lead the patient to lose various minerals from the body, causing the patient to suffer from extreme weak state. Diarrhea can be considered as they way in which body releases the germs and lasts a few days to a week. Diarrhea can occur following after fever, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration. Well, when it comes to the case of diarrhea in children, parents can consider the following reasons as the main causes:

Food poisoning: Diarrhea can be due to the kid’s allergies of some food items that he / she has taken earlier. The symptoms for this kind usually are like vomiting, and have the tendency to go away within 24 hours.

Infection: This sometime happens to be the most common reason for diarrhea in children. The infection can either be from viruses like rotavirus, bacteria like salmonella.

Overeating: Well, overeating too can lead to diarrhea. Sometimes, body might not tolerate particular food habits.

Medications:  Improper medications like laxatives or antibiotics can lead to diarrhea in children as well as adults.

            Other major reasons for diarrhea in children are bowel disorder, indigestion, contamination in the intestinal tract and even infection caused by water. The best way to save the children from further worsened conditions is to stay him/her rehydrated. For young children, it is preferred to give oral rehydration solution (ORS). However, when it comes to the case of infants, offering additional breast milk along with ORS is preferred. It is because water doesn't possess enough sodium, potassium, and other nutrients to meet the rehydration process. The following are some of the natural remedies that can be adopted in order to get away from diarrhea.

Amla: Opt for a fresh juice of amla mixed with lime juice and sugar is considered to be quite effective for diarrhea.

Ginger: Ginger is such a nice option to be availed during these hard times. Add one teaspoon of ginger to boiling water and should be consumed without losing the warmness. Well, it is also prescribed to take the medications continuously, probably with a time gap of one hour.

Ginger with Lemon: Ginger itself is a great option for curing the condition of diarrhea and the same can be applied to lemon as well. Mixing out half teaspoon of both ginger and lime juice apart from quarter teaspoon of pepper powder has to be consumed twice a day.

Ginger with Curd: If your prime aim is to control diarrhea, then this one can be a great one. Mixing one teaspoon of ginger juice with curd combined with mango juice will do the job.

Cumin: You can go for roasting cumin seeds and adding it along with curd is good for digestion. It has to be consumed after meals and prevents the patient from further deteriorating condition of diarrhea.

Buttermilk: Drink buttermilk that is mixed with black salt and roasted cumin seeds. This helps the patient in managing the fluid loss.


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