Diarrhea is generally a waterborne disease prevalent in the developing countries. Countries having tropical climate also have often recurrences of this disease sometimes leading to epidemic. Children and persons above sixty mostly fall prey to this disease. This is characterized by passing loose, watery stools more than 4-5 times a day accompanied by abdominal pain, bloating and nausea. This may continue for 2-3 days. The body turns pale with dried lips and gets dehydrated and cramps may occur.
Causes
Diarrhea is generally caused by the microbial infections through contaminated food and water. Other factors like overeating, incomplete digestion, food poisoning, bowel disorders or some food allergies are responsible for this disease. One can confirm of parasitic infection if the stool contains blood and mucous.
Natural Cures
Diarrhea can be completely cured by administering simple natural cures providing relief within 2-3days, but in grave conditions institutional treatment is seriously required.
1. Basic treatment starts with the replenishment of the salts and nutrients in the body by administering oral rehydration therapy.
2. Fluids in the form of tender coconut water, tea, butter milk and boiled rice water can be given to prevent dehydration.
3. Diarrhea can be controlled by giving curd along with banana. Curd contains the beneficial bacteria contain lactobacillus that fights out the harmful bacteria.
4. Taking roasted fennel seed and cumin powder mixed with water helps to control the disease.
5. Few carrots boiled in water with the pulp strained out, leaving the juice only, if consumed can help in curing diarrhea.
6. Consuming Spiegel seeds mixed with curd also helps in the treatment.
7. The astringent property in pomegranate juice helps in controlling diarrhea and the purging associated with it.
8. Ginger tea relieves pain. Ginger ale helps in making the stool less watery.
9. Grated papaya boiled in water for ten minutes and the juice if consumed gives effective results in treating Diarrhea.
10. Herbs like basil, mint are also used as means of nature cure in treating diarrhea.
Diet must be sufficient to maintain the protein nutrition of the body; otherwise a person may become very weak. Brown rice, toast, ripe bananas, apple sauce can be taken in moderate amounts. Toasts made from whole wheat flour is preferable than the white flour. Though fluids must be taken in plenty, but fruit juices must be avoided totally.
Since this disease spreads through water, so care should be taken to have clean drinking water. Maintaining clean hygienic habits especially with the children prevents further contamination. In case of newly born babies, mothers should carry out breast feeding as nothing can substitute mother's milk.
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