Treatment of green diarrhea in an adult

Usually green diarrhea in an adult without high temperature is not a cause for serious concern.

Often it provokes poor-quality food or medication for a long time.

Why does such a diarrhea appear? Is it possible to determine the cause and treatment of green diarrhea in an adult without hospitalization?

Answers to these questions can be found in this article.

Diagnosis and causes of

The healthy intestine of an adult person is able to digest different foods, but under certain circumstances, he can not cope with the usual food.

Undissolved food in digestive disorders can retain its color and stain the feces in green.

Green diarrhea in an adult can be a symptom of a severe disease. To avoid serious consequences, it is better to see a doctor for an accurate diagnosis and treatment.

The calories of a healthy adult person are brown. Feces have a decorated structure without fetid smell.

Unhealthy food can cause upset stomach, intestines and, as a consequence, diarrhea.

Usually, to remove the symptoms of mild indigestion, it is enough to take a sorbent. You can drink infusion of chamomile, oak bark and sit for a couple of days on a diet, eliminating fatty, spicy, fried foods.

But if diarrhea lasts more than a day, you should urgently go to the doctor to diagnose the cause and to prescribe the right treatment.

What is diarrhea? Staining of the feces of an adult can tell a lot about the state of the body.

White diarrhea signals problems with the gallbladder and may be a symptom of possible hepatitis.

Diarrhea of ​​a yellowish-brown or yellow hue occurs when there is an intestinal disorder due to nutritional problems and rotavirus diseases.

The color of stool with diarrhea is black. This is an occasion for more serious concern. The fact is that this color of feces provokes blood, which gets into the stomach.

There she is fermented and stains the discharge in black. This process does not always manage to end, then the stool becomes green.

The most common case with this symptom is ulcerative colitis. Black diarrhea accompanies Crohn's disease. People with this symptom need urgent hospitalization.

The most popular cause of the appearance of green diarrhea in an adult is an intestinal infection.

Symptoms of the disease can be and nausea, vomiting, fever and acute pain in the intestine.

Diarrhea is watery from yellow to dark brown and green. Has a fetid odor, sometimes there are impurities of mucus and blood.

Liquid diarrhea of ​​different shades of brown and green accompanies salmonellosis and dysentery.

With the above diseases, blood counts are high in leukocytes, they are also found in feces, staining it in green.

These diseases are dangerous for humans primarily by leading to dehydration. From the body all useful substances are washed away.

A person is exhausted, loses vitality, he is getting worse. The intestinal infection does not pass by itself. Medicamental treatment is mandatory and without antibiotics usually does not do.

By the way, long reception of antibiotics after infection can again provoke diarrhea of ​​green color, but its nature will be different.

Antibiotics kill both harmful and beneficial bacteria, those that are involved in digestion, causing dysbacteriosis.

In the small intestine fermentation processes begin, the uninitiated food stagnates and acquires a green tint.

In adults, dysbacteriosis is rare, the disease is more common in children. The cause of dysbacteriosis in children - not formed until the end of the intestinal microflora.

It is more sensitive to different pathogenic irritants. During its course, there is increased gas formation, there are pains in the abdomen and nausea, diarrhea with an admixture of mucus.

Causes of adult dysbiosis:

• administration of antibiotics for a long time;
• suffered intestinal infection;
• allergy;
• unhealthy eating;
• decreased immunity.

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Much rarer, but more dangerous green diarrhea manifests itself in chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and hepatitis.

How to treat diarrhea without going to the hospital?

Therapy of a dysbacteriosis with diarrhea can be called the easiest and not creating discomfort to the patient.

For its treatment prescribe probiotics with different composition of lacto- or bifidobacteria. Doctors also recommend the introduction of a large number of fermented milk products( kefir or curdled milk) in the diet before improving the intestinal microflora.

First aid for diarrhea with a stomach disorder caused by food poisoning is its rinsing. It is necessary to drink a lot of water before the occurrence of vomiting and do so several times.

With green diarrhea it is important to quickly take active sorbents. They bind and promote the removal of toxic substances, prevent their absorption into the blood and further intoxication of the body.

It is necessary to drink activated charcoal or preparations based on white clay( kaolin).Positive effect on the poisoned organism is carbonate and calcium gluconate.

Bismuth salts are very quickly absorbed into the intestines and have a positive effect on the compaction of stools, relieving diarrhea.

"Attapulgite", "Cholestyramine" - are drugs that are produced in tablets."Smecta" and "Lignin" absorb well and release toxins from the intestine.

One of the main elements of therapy for diarrhea is the intake of specific antiseptics. They act in the intestines and kill the pathogenic microflora, but, unfortunately, have no effect on viruses.

With severe diarrhea it is important to make up for the loss of body fluid in time. And through not so much water, as compotes and broths.

It is good to buy special pharmacy solutions for rehydration. They contain useful vitamins and microelements, contribute to the restoration of the water-salt balance.

Such a solution can be made at home independently. It includes soda, salt, calcium chloride and sugar.

In the event that green diarrhea in a person is a symptom of an intestinal infection and it lasts longer than 24 hours, the patient needs urgent hospitalization.

Gentle therapy in the form of a diet and taking probiotics does not help. In this case, without serious medication, you can not do.

The first thing to do is take active sorbents. They bind and promote the elimination of toxic substances.

Together with antibiotics, lacto and bifidobacteria drugs are used, diet, and rehydration of the body.

Inpatient treatment lasts from five to seven days, depending on the severity and neglect of the case.

Gastric lavage with diarrhea is done in any case, regardless of the amount of time elapsed since the onset of the disease.

After all, toxic substances are not released, but only accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract of the patient.

They are absorbed into the blood and cause general intoxication, provoke a temperature increase and a loss of strength.

Traditional methods of treating diarrhea

In addition to the traditional medical treatment, there is a folk medicine in stock that has many effective means of combating diarrhea:

• cooked as a liquid kissel rice has a light structure, does not overload the intestine and creates a binding effect. Kissel from summer berries and any infusions with starch have a similar effect on the course of diarrhea;
• black pepper peas - this is an urgent remedy for uncomplicated diarrhea. One has only to drink ten peas with water, and diarrhea will disappear;
• strong sweet black tea calms the stomach a little and, due to the content of tannins, has an astringent effect on the digestive tract;
• medicinal herbs: sage, elderberry, chamomile, wormwood, mint soothe the irritated intestinal walls, help restore normal peristalsis of the stomach. Infusions of fennel or dill relieve swelling and reduce gas formation in the body.

Apply these remedies better in more mild diarrhea cases when there is no suspicion of acute poisoning, infection or exacerbation of chronic gastrointestinal illnesses.

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Precautions should be taken to treat the herbs of children 6-12 years old. And up to 6 years and should not resort to the appointment of children to any therapy, not only unconventional.

The most important thing during the treatment of diarrhea in green and in adults and children is to remember that it is very difficult to determine the cause and determine the nature of the disease.

For this, it is necessary to pass certain tests, to make a survey. After finding out the reason for the appearance of green diarrhea, the doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment.

Only when following the recommendations received from a specialist, it is possible to prevent possible complications by intoxication and restore the body after severe dehydration caused by diarrhea.