Symptoms and proper nutrition with diarrhea

In summer, when there is a lot of fruits and vegetables, diarrhea happens often enough. The reasons for its occurrence are diverse. Sometimes, for the patient's recovery, enough nutrition is adequate, sometimes this is not enough. Especially dangerous diarrhea for young children. The doctor will help you in all this. And we in this material will consider what are the symptoms and proper nutrition for diarrhea.

Symptoms of diarrhea.

Diarrhea can occur with completely different diseases. This can be poisoning of poor quality food, intestinal infection (viral or bacterial), any internal disease, whose adverse reaction may be disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, exacerbation of chronic gastrointestinal disease (eg, chronic enterocolitis), hereditary enzyme digestive enzyme), and so on.

In addition to the main treatment, separate for each case, a special diet is prescribed to reduce the inflammatory process in the intestine.

Nutrition for diarrhea.

Therapeutic diet is prescribed in accordance with the following symptoms:

• maximum removal of the load from the work of the digestive system, which is achieved by the special purpose of the products and cooking (the food is cooked steamed or boiled, served in a garbled form);

• providing the body with all necessary nutrients for its normal functioning;

• improving the functional state of the digestive system, gradually expanding the diet with a decrease in signs of diarrhea.

In the irritated mucosa of the small intestine, it is necessary to eat neutral food that does not cause irritation, but, on the contrary, envelops and soothes the mucous membrane. Therefore, in any cases, diarrhea is prescribed diet No. 4. It reduces the fermentation processes in the intestines, chemically and mechanically spares it as much as possible. As a result of fermentation processes (occur when taking fresh milk and carbohydrates in large quantities), a lot of gases are released in the intestine, which irritate and stretch the walls of the intestine.

Proper nutrition is characterized by the exclusion from the diet of fiber (contained in large quantities in fruits and vegetables), milk, smoking, pickles and spices. In addition to diet number 4, there are diets №№ 4A (it is prescribed with the predominance of fermentation in the intestine, therefore protein and carbohydrates are more restricted in it), 4B (it is prescribed if bowel diseases are combined with damage to other organs of the gastrointestinal tract - pancreatic gland, stomach, bile ducts, liver) and 4B (it is prescribed during the recovery period).

Food recommended for diet No. 4:

• either bread crumbs of white bread, or stale white bread;

• freshly prepared cottage cheese, wiped through a sieve;

• Soups with a weak vegetable, meat or fish broth with boiled cereals (with rice, for example);

• milled low-fat varieties of fish and meat in the form of steam meatballs, soufflé from boiled meat;

• rubbed mucous porridges - "smears", cooked on water;

• eggs cooked, or cooked in steaming as an omelette;

• rubbed raw and baked apples;

• jam, unconcentrated unsweetened compotes of fresh apples or dried fruits, weak tea, coffee.

The foods that should be excluded from the diet , according to diet No. 4, as they increase the motor activity of the intestine:

• strong broths of fish, meat, mushrooms or vegetables;

• fatty soups, borscht with vegetables;

• fatty fish and meat;

• canned and smoked products;

• flour products (except for permitted);

• some cereals (wheat groats, millet), cereals (lentils, beans, beans), pasta;

• milk and dairy products (except for cottage cheese);

• berries, fruits, vegetables in a raw, not wiped form;

• carbonated drinks, cold dishes, all sweet.

All food should be cooked steamed or cooked, and then wiped. It is necessary to observe a diet: to eat food often, in small portions, every three hours (except for night), so as not to strain the gastrointestinal tract. After each meal it will be useful to arrange a small rest.

An indicative list of dishes that can be included in the diet for diarrhea.

With diarrhea during the day, you can choose to eat:

• curd pudding, orange or apple juice, half diluted in water;

• omelet steamed, two eggs or two soft-boiled eggs, a white bread loaf, oat porridge, loose black coffee;

• rubbed buckwheat porridge with chicken steam frying pan, a glass of unsweetened wild rose broth;

• biscuit, grated baked apple;

• rice soup with meatballs, boiled fish, mashed potatoes, steamed chicken, kissel;

• Kissel from blueberries, pears or quinces.

When diarrhea begins to subside, a less strict, more extended diet No. 4B is prescribed. It is more diverse, it is possible to include in the menu baked goods from uneatable fresh dough, dry biscuits, fresh fruit (if tolerability is normal), dairy products.

But do not forget the main thing: with diarrhea, you need to see a doctor.