Diarrhea

Diarrhea often occurs mostly due to food or water poisoning or emotional disturbances, or the lack of proper & safe drainage system. When the water or food is contaminated by foreign bodies or Vitamin C or magnesium, you tend to get this problem.

It is a common ailment among all age groups. Improper or irregular eating habits with too much of fried stuff or vegetable, or junk food causes diarrhea.

Studies show that diarrhea is one of the main causes of death in infants.

Frequent watery, loose bowel movements and vomiting are the seen in acute infectious diarrhea.

Salt loss is also seen in this disease.

The most common symptoms of diarrhea are cramps, dehydration, weakness, mild fever and distention in the abdomen.

When the colon does not absorb the required fluid during the digestion process, diarrhea occurs.

Viral infections and bacterial toxins also cause it.

If you are allergic to milk, dairy products also cause diarrhea. Chronic and acute diarrheas are the most commonly known diarrheas.

Even in this case, rushing to the doctor can be kept as the last resort for this disease. You can try all the age-old remedies for curing diarrhea before visiting the hospital for pills or injections.

Few natural remedies are given below for your benefit:

• Mix a teaspoon of sugar with half a tea spoon of salt in a glass of water as the initial remedy. Keep giving this to the patient until dehydration and vomiting ceases.
  
  
• You can boil the pomegranate skin soaked in water for an hour, and strain it. The strained water can be used in treating diarrhea.
  
  
• You can even give small quantities of sesame seeds & goat milk's paste to the person suffering with diarrhea.
  
  
• You can give fruit juices to the patient.