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Suggest Medication For Diarrhea

Hi, I eat healthly, I use alkalising salts twice daily I take digestive enzymes, vitamin d3, selenium and iodine drops in the morning.for breakfast I have a protein smoothy with fresh orange juice raspberries and udos oil. I eat about every three hours either snacking on nuts or a salad with a form of protein in it. At night I eat a protein either fish, meat or soya, and green veg. And supplement wise in the evening I take digestive enzyme 4 fish oil capsules, selenium and iodine. Also I forgot to mention every main meal I take a digestive enzyme and 1 D3. But when ever I go to the toilet I have a very loose stool, why is this please?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi.

Thanks for your query.

Noted the history and understood the concerns. Since you are taking so many concentrates, food supplements and vitamins the bowels are loaded with the things that are difficult to digest or tolerate and hence must be the cause of loose stools.
Hence I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Send the sample of stool for three consecutive days.
Tests of blood for CBC, vitamins and mineral to see whether you needs so many supplements, thyroid, liver and pancreatic functions and as advised by your Doctor, preferably a Gastroenterologist.
Stop all the supplements and revert back to usual normal diet and see the changes.
If there is any evidence of an infection, get a course of an antibiotic, metronidazole and probiotics.
If still there is no relief you can go for CT scan of abdomen and colonoscopy with biopsy and get treated accordingly.

Take care.
Dr T Chandrakant
General Surgeon.
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Suggest Medication For Diarrhea

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. Since you are taking so many concentrates, food supplements and vitamins the bowels are loaded with the things that are difficult to digest or tolerate and hence must be the cause of loose stools. Hence I would advise you the following in such a situation: Send the sample of stool for three consecutive days. Tests of blood for CBC, vitamins and mineral to see whether you needs so many supplements, thyroid, liver and pancreatic functions and as advised by your Doctor, preferably a Gastroenterologist. Stop all the supplements and revert back to usual normal diet and see the changes. If there is any evidence of an infection, get a course of an antibiotic, metronidazole and probiotics. If still there is no relief you can go for CT scan of abdomen and colonoscopy with biopsy and get treated accordingly. Take care. Dr T Chandrakant General Surgeon.