How do you control diarrhea?

Answer 1

You can either wait it out until everything is out of your system or you can take a laxative like milk of magnesia, it helps diarrhea.
Diarrhea is one of the body's responses to an irritation or inflammation of the lower gastrointestinal tract. It is characterized by frequent loose, non-formed or liquid stool, and is often accompanied by abdominal discomfort, cramping and nausea.

Most diarrhea will resolve on it's own, or with the help of over-the-counter preparations such as Bismuth Salts (Pepto Bismol) or Loperamide (Imodium USP). Always follow manufacturer dosage recommendations.

Patients with diarrhea should be monitored for signs of dehydration and hypovolemic or metabolic shock. Such signs include poor skin turgor (skin does not bounce back when pinched, but stays "tented" for a period of time), sunken or dark circled eyes, difficulty breathing, stupor or confusion, fainting, low blood pressure, rapid heart rate. Anyone displaying such signs should be taken to a doctor or emergency room quickly. Children can generally compensate for longer, but once they show these signs, they are very sick and need immediate medical intervention.

Vomiting in combination with diarrhea should be treated fairly quickly because it can result in rapid metabolic changes or dehydration.
Normally, diarrhea will stop by itself, unless there is a continuing chronic cause. Diarrhea from food, Allergies or intolerances, or colds is not uncommon, and the treatment is to drink plenty of fluids (water is the best) and avoid eating anything that might further irritate the digestive system (spicy foods, hard-to-digest foods, such as a lot of meat).

Consult a medical professional for diarrhea that continues past a day or two, or recurs frequently. This can be a symptom of a serious condition.

Over-the-counter medications are available that can alleviate diarrhea, but these should only be used for a single occurrence, and at the recommended dosage. These can cause harm themselves if used frequently. Effective medicines for treating diarrhea are Lopermide (Immodium) and Pink Bismuth (Pepto-Bismol).

One of the dangers with this condition is dehydration, so it is important to consistently try to keep water coming in. Drink fluids as much as will keep you comfortable.

If the diarrhea contains blood, see your health care provider immediately as this can be a serious condition that cannot be self-treated. Also see the provider if lethargic, when the skin does not spring back when pinched (a sign of dehydration), fever is also present - especially fever with rash or if symptoms stop and then restart.
drink plenty of fluids and don't eat solid foods for a while. go to your local chemist and get some Imodium, that's the best solution.

Answer 2

The fastest and safest way to stop diarrhea is the over the counter drug known as Immodium AD. Taken according to directions, it works well, is otherwise harmless, and is not really expensive.

Answer 3

First, give your digestive tract a rest for half a day. Second, begin to slowly eat items from the BRAT diet used for infant diarrhea. BRAT stands for:

• Banana
  
• Rice
  
• Applesauce
  
• Toast, plain - no butter, no margarine, no jelly
  

Also, drink fluids with electrolytes, like Gatorade.

After a couple days on the BRAT foods, begin to slowly add in more regular foods, as tolerated.

Third, you can use small amounts of Pepto Bismol, or ask your doctor or pharmacist for a recommendation of a medication. Just remember, meds intended to stop diarrhea can cause constipation.

Answer 4

You're more than likely referring to the "now" moment. As soon as you have your first "bubble guts" and/or first loose stool, you know what's going to keep coming and you just want to stop it.

I've searched plenty all over the internet and no one seems to answer this question straight to the point.

Yes, still do the recommend things like stay hydrated, eat easy foods, rice, probiotics, aged cheese, yogurt, etc. and specially go see a doctor if it's ongoing for more than a few days. This is a Mexican remedy that's been used for years and it simply works. As with anything else use at your own discretion.

To stop diarrhea NOW as soon as it starts do this...

1. In a cup squeeze the juice from a lime, eyeball size or use half of it's Golf ball size.

2. Add a spoonful of cornstarch (normal spoon not tea spoon) and mix thoroughly.

3. Add Coca-Cola (not Pepsi) and mix, the entire mixture should fill about a third of the cup (3 ounces/90 mL).

4. Drink it in one full swoop, not in sips.

Answer 5

drink alot of Gatorade and go to the doctor. YOu need to make sure you keep yourself hydrated, but don't drink water, drink Gatorade.

Answer 6

Immodium works well, there are also generics with the same components that work just as well.

Answer 7

Drink water and gatorade. Eat food that doesn't have oil in it. Like cereal and yogurt.

Answer 8

don't eat any dairies hey

Answer 9

Immodium from the chemists.