Suggest Treatment For Severe Diarrhea And Flatulence

Posted on Sun, 2 Apr 2017

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Question : My husband has had sever diarrhea since Friday. It started with gas pains on Wednesday after he ate lunch at a salad bar. Felt bad on Thursday, then on Friday ate greasy food for lunch and drank XXXXXXX selser plus after work. That night the severe diarrhea began and since then, everything he has had to eat or drink since then has gone straight through him. He wants to wait till Tuesday to go to the doctor. What should I do?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Happykumar Kagathara (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Non-specific bacterial infection of intestine

Detailed Answer:
hello,
I can understand your concern for your husband's health.
1) He might be suffering from gastroenteritis which is inflammation of stomach and small intestine from non-specific bacterial infection.
2) Eating raw food, partially cooked food or unhygienic food preparation is most common cause for root of entry for such non-specific bacterial infection.
3) What is the frequency of loose stool? Does he has blood along with stool? Has he symptoms of dehydration? All these will determine severity of disease.
4) He need to undergo routine blood test, routine and culture report of stool to assess severity of infection.
5) Antibiotic treatment, anti-spasmodic medication for pain episodes, anti-motility medication to reduce stool frequency (only if frequency >6-7/day).
6) In case of having symptoms of dehydration (weakness, tiredness, muscle aches, low BP, fast pulse) he might get hospitalized to start IV treatment with IV fluid supplement for quicker effect.

Hope I answered your query. If you have any further doubts, I would be happy to help you.
Have a nice day!

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