Diarrhea is a disease where the patients experiencing frequent bowel movements and have higher liquid level in its faeces. In poor or underdevelopment countries diarrhea becomes a common cause of death, diarrhea on such countries usually taken babies life, killed more than 1,5 million people a year.
An electron micrograph of rotavirus, the cause of nearly 40% of hospitalizations from diarrhea in children under 5. Wikipedia.
Diarrhea symptoms can be determined by noticing this symptoms:
- Bowel movements more than three times a day
- Feeling weak and lethargic
- Have no appetite
- Sometimes accompanied by nausea and vomiting
- Fever occurs if there is bacterial or viral infection in the digestive tract
- Body feels dry and is always thirsty for bad health condition
Symptoms of diarrhea above can be happen if there are:
- Digestive organs injury
- Micro-organisms infection
- Food allergies
- Food poisoning
- Vitamin C exceeded
Home remedies for diarrhea
However, patients with diarrhea is not necessarily to go to the hospital. We can give first aid at home. One of home remedies for diarrhea is drinking water containing sugar and salt. This is necessary to prevent dehydration. The dosage of this home remedy are 2 teaspoons sugar, 1/3 teaspoon salt, and 200 cc of water. For best result, it is needed to eat less food but frequent, and do not eat or drink too fast. This is the method of diarrhea natural treatment that we can do at home.
Traditional diarrhea remedies
We can even create and eat/drink our own diarrhea natural remedies at home using available foodstuffs. These are the most simple natural remedies for diarrhea:
- Filtered cucumber juice (cucumber water only) and add little amount of honey
- Eat half-mature apple
- Boil 30 grams of sunflower seeds, steam it for an hour, and add sugar if you wish
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