Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea:

In developing countries contaminated diet, pollution, unhealthy food and hygiene problems cause a common disease called diarrhoea. Minimum three lose or liquid bowl movements per day called diarrhoea. Body fluids loss becomes dehydration in a few days, in dehydration dry skin, decreased urination, irritable behaviour, and a fast heart rate. Virus especially rotavirus, parasites, bacteria are involved in intestinal infection in diarrhoea, the second type of diarrhoea called dysentery, a relapsing condition called traveller diarrhoea is a long term diseases,

Causes:

Lack of clean water, lack of refrigerated or fresh food, contaminated diet, none the hygienic atmosphere, bad sanitation especially open defecation are the cause of infectious diarrhoea, when there is a lack of filtration or purification of water improper disposal of water leads to contamination of groundwater, in dirty populated areas fly carry the parasites and spread them among the people. Zinc deficiency is a cause of diarrhoea in children.

Treatment:

Hand washing is a good practice to prevent diarrhoea, clean water, hygienic food, good sanitation and vaccination saves from disease, replacing lost food and body salts with fluids containing salts and mineral water are the only treatment needed, this is called oral rehydration therapy by mouth, zinc supplement is the best alternative therapy, antibiotics for parasites and bacterial diarrhoea treatment, probiotics also play an important role in diarrhoea, antimotility an agent like loperamide, Pepto Bismol, and stomach antiseptics like furazolidone and diloxanide also reduce the frequency and treatment of diarrhoea.