Suffering from Diarrhea? Follow these tips to prevent it

Diarrhea, or "the runs," is when you experience loose, watery stools and feel the urgent need to have a bowel movement multiple times a day. Acute diarrhea occurs when the condition lasts for 1 to 2 days. You might experience diarrhea due to a viral or bacterial infection you acquired via somethign you ate or drank. Due to diarrhea, there is lack of water in the body due to vomiting and diarrhoea, due to which problems like excessive weakness, fatigue, dizziness, headache, irritability start occurring in the body. For now, to treat diarrhea, what should be done to avoid diarrhea and what things should be avoided.

Why diarrhea happens? 

Rotavirus is considered to be the main cause of diarrhea. This is a gastrointestinal infection, which causes swelling in the stomach and intestines and causes severe diarrhea. Consuming street food, excessive consumption of frozen food, not taking care of hygiene, etc. can also cause diarrhea, because the risk of diarrhea increases due to parasite, bacterial or viral infection.

How to prevent it? 

• To prevent diarrhea, it is important to drink plenty of water. Apart from this, include things like coconut water, consumption of seasonal fruits, home made healthy sherbet, curd in your diet. Due to this the body does not get dehydrated and gut health also remains good.
• To avoid diarrhea, take special care of cleanliness. Develop the habit of washing hands before eating in children. Eating outside things should be avoided. Always drink filtered or boiled water.
• Due to poor digestion, the problem of diarrhea starts which can turn into diarrhoea, hence special care should be taken about the diet during summers. Reduce spicy and fried foods from your diet. Along with this, to keep yourself cool, do not eat outside things like fruit juice, energy drinks, soda, ice cream. Especially avoid consumption of junk food.
• If you are seeing symptoms related to diarrhea, you should contact the doctor immediately. Apart from this, banana should be included in your diet. Apart from this, eat Khichdi instead of heavy food, because it is easily digestible. To keep yourself hydrated, drink healthy drinks like lemon water, coconut water, ORS.