Treatment Diarrhoea

This section is about what over the counter treatments are available (not all treatments may be available in that country) and how they help.

Please check all ingredients to make sure one is not sensitive or allergic to ingredients

Treatment includes a variety of medication:

This helps to replace the fluid and salts electrolytes excreted in your diarrhoea and helps to rehydrate yourself and reducing your symptoms if tiredness, headaches and body temperature.
It needs to be made up with boiled and cooled water, it should be drunk within the hour however can be stored in the fridge up to 24 hours.
Frequent, small sips of refrigerated solutions may be more palatable and less likely to be regurgitated than giving a large volume quickly.
- When supplying oral rehydration salts for children it may be helpful to provide an oral syringe for ease of administration.
- An alternative is to give the solution on a teaspoon or medicine spoon, or in a feeding bottle with a low flow teat.

This slows your intestinal muscles down so water can be absorbed in stools. This is used as a temporary measure to stop diarrhoea (ideally should be use after 24 hours having diarrhoea) and should not be used if one has a bacterial or parasite infection as the infection will be in the body for longer.
They should only be used when required as one can begin to rely on them and they can have serious side effects i.e.
They should be avoid if one has blood or pus present in their stools.

This helps to trap any foreign particles/toxins and restore your bowel activity back to normal and should be taken at least two hours apart from other medications as they can affect their absorption.
This should not be used if one is dehydrated.

These products help to coat the stomach lining and provide a coating in your stomach lining hence bring your guts back to normal protecting from any toxins/irritants (bacteria) and is ideal for those who have nausea with their diarrhoea.
It cannot be used by anyone who is sensitive to salicylates and aspirin.
It can constipation.

Anti-motility drugs should not be used in patients with a high fever or blood and/or mucus present in their stool (dysentery) and/or suspected infection.
They work by slowing the intestine rhythm down.
They should only be used when required as one can begin to rely on them and they can have serious side effects i.e. toxic mega colon, constipation.

These products retain more water and make the faeces more bulky, this then stimulates the bowels and are ideal if one also has constipation.
Do not take if one has difficulty in swallowing and one must drink plenty of water and sit or stand upright for at least an hour.
It can take several days to work and side effects include abdominal cramp and flatulence.