The appearance of diarrhea in early pregnancy

Fetching an infant is a very difficult period in the life of a woman, and all the more annoying if it is aggravated by such unpleasantness as diarrhea during pregnancy in the early stages.

The 1st trimester of pregnancy is the period in which a woman most likely has diarrhea.

Of course, most expectant mothers are looking for information about the causes of diarrhea, treatment methods and the prevention of diarrhea.

Types and causes of diarrhea

Diarrhea is a condition of the body when acts of bowel movements occur more than three times a day, while the chairliquid, watery.

Diarrhea that occurs during the early stages of pregnancy can be divided into several types:

• secretory diarrhea, which occurs when, for some reason, the walls of the intestine lose the ability to absorb water. The chair is very liquid at the same time;
• hyperexcute diarrhea, which occurs with various infections of the gastrointestinal tract. Acts of defecation can be accompanied by bloody discharge;
• is an osmolar type diarrhea that occurs with various dysbiosis and lack of enzymes in the digestive tract. The chair in this case contains fragments of undigested food;
• hypokinetic diarrhea, having a variety of causes. Motor activity of the gastrointestinal tract is disturbed due to stress, nervous tension, treatment with various laxatives.

Any of these types of diarrhea during pregnancy in the early stages is very dangerous.

Constant diarrhea leads to rapid dehydration and intoxication of the body of the pregnant woman, therefore, the fetus, which in the 1st trimester is in great need of nutrients coming from the mother's body, will not receive them.

This situation can lead to fetal death. If the cause of diarrhea are intestinal infections, then in conditions when the placenta has not yet formed, there is a high probability of infection of the fetus with harmful bacteria.

In addition, increased intestinal motility can lead to uterine contractions and the threat of miscarriage.

In these conditions it is very important to know the causes of diarrhea in order to prescribe the necessary treatment and take preventive measures to prevent such a condition in the future.

The causes of diarrhea in the first trimester may be:

• toxemia in early pregnancy - during this period, the hormonal background of a woman undergoes great changes, and this can cause diarrhea;
• tastes - a pregnant woman in the early stages may want completely incompatible with each other dishes, sometimes even inedible;
• nervous stress can be the cause of diarrhea or "bear illness", when any trip to the doctor or the delivery of tests terribly frighten;
• poisoning products with expired shelf life;
• infection with helminths or pathogens;
• overdose of laxatives;
• exacerbation of chronic gastrointestinal diseases, observed often in early pregnancy.

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Diarrhea in the 1st trimester has a serious impact on the health of the baby - it is during this period that the central nervous system and brain are formed, so it is extremely important to minimize the unpleasant consequences of diarrhea, to prescribe the necessary treatment.

Toxicosis and food poisoning as causes of diarrhea

If diarrhea is accompanied by nausea or vomiting, the cause of this is toxicosis.

Depending on the severity of its course, treatment can be outpatient or in inpatient settings, and the medications taken can be either medicated or prepared according to the prescriptions of traditional medicine.

If the toxemia is not very severe, morning diarrhea and nausea are not accompanied by indomitable vomiting, treatment and prevention of toxicosis may consist of adjusting the diet and lifestyle of the pregnant woman.

Methods for the prevention of early toxicosis, and as consequences of diarrhea, can be as follows:

• in the morning, on an empty stomach to eat ½ tsp. Honey or slowly drink a glass of cool water;
• use freshly squeezed juices. Against diarrhea pomegranate or pumpkin juice works well;
• has mucous porridge;
• in the absence of allergies to use sour-milk products with live bacteria:
• more breathe fresh air and be on walks;
• as a preventive measure against diarrhea is well helped by gymnastics for pregnant women.

Since the body of a pregnant woman is dehydrated very quickly after diarrhea, urgent measures should be taken to restore the water-salt balance.

In this future mothers will help drugs such as "Regidron", "Lactosol", "Acesol".

One packet of the drug should be diluted in 1 liter of boiled warm water and gradually drink, taking 1 tbsp. L.Solution every 5 minutes.

For replenishment of body fluids in the body, decoctions of chamomile, St. John's wort, mineral water "Essentuki-17" help a lot.

Treatment of intoxication of the body with diarrhea can be carried out by various kinds of sorbents, safe for pregnant women.

This is activated carbon, and Enterosgel, and Smecta. Before using them, it is necessary to read the instructions to these medicines and strictly follow its instructions.

Despite the fact that the taste of a future mother can be bizarre and sophisticated, for the purpose of normal functioning of the body in the early stages of pregnancy and for the prevention of diarrhea, one must try to adhere to certain rules concerning nutrition.

Food intake should be frequent and divided. It is recommended to eat boiled or baked low-fat chicken, rabbit, beef meat, sea fish.

In the daily diet must be present dairy products - provided that they are not allergic, and they are not the cause of diarrhea.

Fresh fruits and vegetables will provide useful vitamins and trace elements for the child's development.

Cereals from cereals are also important, but in case of diarrhea in the early stages, you should be careful and try to eat manna and rice porridge, and cook buckwheat, pearl and other loose cereals when the threat of diarrhea will pass.

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Early in the morning, for prevention of diarrhea, it is very good to eat white bread loafs of independent manufacture, washed down with green tea with mint or fresh pomegranate juice.

You can prepare a compote of dried fruits that have fixing properties. But fatty, sharp, fried foods, as well as all canned food and spices are better to exclude from the diet.

Food for the expectant mother should contain a minimum of salts and spices, which can enhance the motor activity of the intestines and cause diarrhea.

Treatment for other causes of diarrhea

If the cause of diarrhea in the early stages of pregnancy are nervous disorders, then traditional medicine for treatment offers a variety of collections, infusions and decoctions of herbs that will be harmless to the mother and child.

In the first trimester, one should be very cautious in choosing a tranquilizer on a chemical basis. Almost all of them are banned for use in the early stages of bearing an infant.

In order to get rid of diarrhea caused by stress, you can prepare yourself sedative infusions yourself.

One of the recipes looks like this: take 2 parts of the roots of valerian and buckthorn, leaves of lemon balm, chamomile and 1 part of the fruit of hops and mint leaves.

Mix all the ingredients, 1 tbsp. L.Mixture pour a glass of boiling water, then put in a warm place and insist for about 2 hours. Filtered infusion to drink ½ cup 3-4 times a day.

You can separately prepare tea from the leaves of lemon balm and mint. It has a wonderful aroma, mildly soothes the nervous system of the future mother and does not pose any threat to the baby.

Dry crushed leaves of mint and lemon balm take in a proportion of 1: 1 in the amount of 200 g, pour a glass of boiling water and insist for about 10 minutes. After that, you can drink tea immediately, adding honey for sweetness to it.

Separate mention deserves diarrhea in the early stages of pregnancy, the cause of which was food poisoning.

To prevent such a condition, future mothers need careful monitoring of the freshness and quality of the products they use.

In no event should you eat food of questionable production, which does not have a manufacturing date and expiration dates.

In addition, in order to prevent poisoning, you must follow simple rules of personal hygiene:

• thoroughly wash hands, fruits and vegetables before eating;
• drink only boiled water;
• it is desirable to conduct at least a minimum heat treatment of vegetables and fruits before consumption.

The fact that the cause of diarrhea was the infection with helminths, you can find out by the following signs:

• unbearable itch around the anus in the mornings;
• diarrhea is replaced by a lack of stool for 1-2 days;
• general condition of weakness, malaise, sometimes can vomit and vomit;
• suddenly appeared allergic skin reactions.

If at least two of the listed signs are present, then you should immediately consult a doctor.

As a rule, medicinal anthelmintics are not prescribed in the early stages of pregnancy, but if there is a risk of infection of the fetus, the treatment may consist of taking Piperazine.

The future mother as a prophylaxis must necessarily pass tests for the absence of helminthic invasion so as not to endanger the life and health of the toddler.

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If abrupt or pulling pains in the area of ​​hypochondrium join the diarrhea, there is a constant unpleasant aftertaste in the mouth, feces with bloody secretions, then it is necessary to urgently consult a doctor, because in the early stages of hormonal changes in the whole organism, exacerbations of chronicDiseases of the digestive tract.

These kinds of problems pose a serious threat to the health of the mother and the life of the baby, so the treatment of diarrhea can consist in immediate hospitalization and constant medical supervision, and prevention of this condition is in a strict diet.