First aid for pain in the stomach and diarrhea

When the stomach hurts and diarrhea does not give rest, anyone, even the most cheerful person, can lose optimism and think that this torture will never end.

But in fact, in most cases, you can cure diarrhea and stomach pain yourself and quickly enough.

From the article you will learn how to determine the degree of danger of these symptoms and when you need to call a doctor if your stomach hurts, and when you can just drink something from your home medicine chest.

The causes of diarrhea and stomach pain

Why does diarrhea and stomach aches at the same time?

These symptoms may indicate one of the following:

• stomach ulcer - the stomach hurts after 1-2 hours after eating. At the same time, diarrhea begins. The stomach hurts night and day, the pain is sharp, "dagger".Nausea and vomiting may occur. With any suspicions of gastric ulcer, you need to contact the gastroenterologist;
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• food poisoning - in this case, vomiting and nausea will join the diarrhea and resists in the stomach. Symptoms may appear one hour after eating poor-quality food;
• poisoning with chemicals, including medications - nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain may appear 30 minutes after ingestion of toxic compounds;
• poisoning with a large dose of alcohol - in this case, the victim needs to urgently drink a sorbent and provide him with peace and copious drinking;
• infectious diseases: cholera, dysentery. At the person the strongest vomiting and diarrhea begins, the feces become green, after it there is an admixture of blood. The temperature rises, in the stomach it hurts a lot, the nature of the pain is cutting. Without the help of specialists, we can not do this; we need to call a team of doctors as soon as possible;
• overdose of antibiotics - leads to a strong digestive disorder due to the appearance of dysbiosis in the intestines. The stomach moderately hurts, after each meal the diarrhea begins;
• Acute gastritis - may occur after poisoning, stress, eating disorders. The person is sick, vomiting and diarrhea begin, the stomach hurts. The disease is treated with a diet, but it is better to see the doctor and pass the necessary examinations, so that gastritis does not go into chronic form;
• chronic gastritis with high acidity. In this case, the stomach hurts slightly, and diarrhea occurs only after a change in diet or a violation of diet;
• chronic gastritis with low acidity. The stomach does not hurt, but rather it feels uncomfortable. A characteristic sign of this disease can be considered burping with the smell of rotten eggs. Permanent diarrhea with gastritis of this type is due to the fact that food enters the intestines undigested.

Why is the likelihood of a stomach ache and diarrhea starting, especially great in the warm season? Because at this time the bacteria multiply rapidly.

In summer, people go on vacation, and after flying long distances to another time zone and climate change, immunity is weakened.

It's enough to accidentally sip warm sea water while bathing, to start vomiting and diarrhea, the temperature rises.

These diseases are most severe in children and elderly people. In such patients, as a result of diarrhea, dehydration quickly occurs, after which the temperature rises.

When diarrhea in babies a doctor needs to be called immediately, as the temperature from dehydration in children of this age rises very quickly, and the child may even lose consciousness while the parents decide what to do.

First aid for pain and stomach upset

Treatment of chronic and acute stomach diseases should be prescribed by a gastroenterologist. But before it comes to visiting a specialist, you can help yourself a little.

First of all you need to limit yourself to eating. It's quite easy to do when the stomach hurts. A day or two of the stomach should be given a rest.

The body mobilizes internal resources and will adjust to fight the disease, because it will not need to "distract" the processes of digestion and assimilation of food.

When the irritation of the epithelium with food particles ceases, the inflammation of the walls of the stomach will subside.

On the second day after refusal of food, stomach pain and diarrhea should stop. At this time, you can start eating, gradually expanding the diet at the expense of soft to taste and consistency of products that do not irritate the walls of the stomach and intestines.

Food should be taken in small portions, in a warm form. From hot and cold food should refrain. Such measures will reduce the load on the organs of the digestive tract.

Medicines are prescribed only by a doctor, but before going to a polyclinic, you can take any antacid remedy - it will ease the pain in the stomach. It could be Maalox or Almagel.

Leucomycetin tablet will help with diarrhea. Smecta has a milder effect - an adult with acute diarrhea can drink up to 6 packets of this drug a day.

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Folk remedies are good for diarrhea and stomach pain. In the first place in this list you can put a decoction of flaxseed.

It simultaneously has enveloping and fixing properties. The broth calms the irritated organs, relieves the pain in the stomach, as during the cooking of seeds, therapeutic mucus is released into the water.

If you drink a drink, the mucus will settle on the walls of the stomach and protect them from the irritating effect of gastric juice.

The flax seed contains lignans - compounds with antibacterial and antimicrobial effects, due to which the broth stops diarrhea. Prepare the decoction of flax seeds as follows:

1. a tablespoon of seeds( they are sold in a pharmacy) are poured with a glass of hot water and boiled for about 5 minutes;
2. insists 2 hours;
3. take 5-6 times a day for one tablespoon before meals.

Important! Healing properties are only freshly prepared broth, so every day you need to make a new portion of the drink.

When diarrhea hurts the stomach, help the seeds of cumin, the flowers of chamomile and yarrow.

Kissel, made from flaxseed and a mixture of these herbs, is especially good at dealing with stomach and intestinal problems.

You need to make the jelly according to the following recipe:

• flax seeds to grind into flour;
• put in a thermos for one teaspoon of flax flour, cumin seeds, dried chamomile and yarrow;
• pour two cups of boiling water;
• let it brew for 2-3 hours;
• take half a cup before meals.

How to avoid diarrhea and stomach pain caused by food poisoning or infectious causes?

For this it is enough to do the following:

• before each meal, wash your hands with soap or wipe them with alcohol wipes;
• not to drink raw water from the aqueduct and natural sources;
• monitor the shelf life of purchased food, especially confectionery, dairy, sausage, meat and fish products;
• does not buy summer ready salads in supermarkets and fast food;
• not to attend catering enterprises with a poor reputation for compliance with sanitary requirements.

When the stomach is very sore, vomiting, nausea and diarrhea, fever has risen, you need to watch your health carefully.

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If simple home measures do not help, then you need to urgently go to the doctor, because in this case the patient probably does not have food poisoning or exacerbation of gastritis, but something more serious.

In this case, you have to do a gastroscopy and take tests, which will help the doctor make an accurate diagnosis.